Deuteronomy 18:15

“A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your Elohim will raise up for you; to him you shall listen,”

Deuteronomy 18:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Acts 3:22-23

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Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18:15 and sums up 18:19. The final phrase, “will be utterly destroyed from among the people,” is not in Deuteronomy 18:19; it is the formula of Leviticus (for example 23:29).

Formula: Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι “Moses said” (Acts 3:22)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἂν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל לֵאמֹר לֹא אֹסֵף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאֶת הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת לֹא אֶרְאֶה עוֹד וְלֹא אָמוּת וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע אֶל דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמִי אָנֹכִי אֶדְרֹשׁ מֵעִמּוֹ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 18:15 in the Septuagint numbering): Προφήτην ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ὡς ἐμὲ ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεός σου σοί, αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Acts 7:37

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Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, as Peter does in Acts 3:22.

Formula: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ “this is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel” (Acts 7:37)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 18:15 in the Septuagint numbering): Προφήτην ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ὡς ἐμὲ ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεός σου σοί, αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 18:15, word by word

A prophetנָבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “navi” appears
from among youקִּרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirb” appears
from your brothersאַחֶיache

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “ache” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
will raise upיָקִיםyakim

establish

To put something up, or confirm a covenant.

Where else “yakim” appears
you shall listenתִּשְׁמָעוּtishmau

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “tishmau” appears

Translation note

Peter quotes these words about Jesus (Acts 3:22-23); Stephen quotes them in Acts 7:37.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Acts 3:22-23

Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18:15 and sums up 18:19. The final phrase, “will be utterly destroyed from among the people,” is not in Deuteronomy 18:19; it is the formula of Leviticus (for example 23:29).

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Deuteronomy 18:15

15A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your Elohim will raise up for you; to him you shall listen,

Acts 3:22-23

22Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you will listen to him in everything that he says to you.

Quotation · Acts 7:37

Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, as Peter does in Acts 3:22.

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Deuteronomy 18:15

15A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your Elohim will raise up for you; to him you shall listen,

Acts 7:37

37This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

The context

14For these nations that you are dispossessing listen to soothsayers and to diviners; but as for you, YHWH your Elohim has not allowed you to do so.

15 · This verse (above)

16according to all that you asked of YHWH your Elohim at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of YHWH my Elohim, and this great fire let me not see anymore, so that I do not die.”

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