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- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 13
- Verse 1
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
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Gill's Exposition
If there arise among you a prophet,.... A false prophet, a lying prophet, as the Targum of Jonathan; one that pretends to be a true prophet, and to be sent of God, and to come from him with a message…
Barnes' Notes
A prophet, or a dreamer of dreams - Compare Num 12:6. The “prophet” received his revelations by vision or direct oral communication Num 24:16; 2Sa 7:4; 2Co 12:2; “the dreamer of dreams” through the…
Here is, I. A very strange supposition, Deu 13:1, Deu 13:2. 1. It is strange that there should arise any among themselves, especially any pretending to vision and prophecy, who should instigate them…
1 5 (2 6 in Heb.). Against the Prophet of Other Gods
1. If there arise in the midst of thee So Deu 19:15-16 also Sg. Cp. the synonymous if there be found in the midst of theeDeu 17:2; Deu 18:10; Deu…
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