King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 18:21
“And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 18
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And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him.
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But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
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And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
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When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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