Deuteronomy 18:20
Context18:20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized 1 him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.
Deuteronomy 18:22
Context18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my 2 name and the prediction 3 is not fulfilled, 4 then I have 5 not spoken it; 6 the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”
1 tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “the
3 tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”
4 tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”