Prophecy 9 of 30 · Prophet
A prophet like Moses
Moses promises God will raise up a prophet like him from among Israel, and the people must listen to him.
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Hebrew · Leningrad Codexעִבְרִית
15נָבִ֨יא מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ מֵאַחֶ֨יךָ֙ כָּמֹ֔נִי יָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אֵלָ֖יו תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃navi mikkirbekha me'achekha kamoni yakim lekha ADONAI elohekha elav tishma'un
JPS 1917 · Jewish translation
15A prophet will the LORD thy God raise up unto thee, from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
World Messianic Bible
15The LORD your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
Deuteronomy 18:15. Transliteration simplified. Read the whole chapter
Also in this passage: Deuteronomy 18:18-19, Deuteronomy 34:10
18נָבִ֨יא אָקִ֥ים לָהֶ֛ם מִקֶּ֥רֶב אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם כָּמ֑וֹךָ וְנָתַתִּ֤י דְבָרַי֙ בְּפִ֔יו וְדִבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲצַוֶּֽנּוּ׃ 19וְהָיָ֗ה הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙ אֶל־דְּבָרַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְדַבֵּ֖ר בִּשְׁמִ֑י אָנֹכִ֖י אֶדְרֹ֥שׁ מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃
navi akim lahem mikkerev achehem kamokha venatatti devaray befiv vedibber alehem et kal-asher atzavvennu vehaya ha'ish asher lo-yishma' el-devaray asher yedabber bishmi anokhi edrosh me'immo
18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19And 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.
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 (Hebrew & JPS 1917)
10וְלֹֽא־קָ֨ם נָבִ֥יא ע֛וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּמֹשֶׁ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְדָע֣וֹ יְהוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃
velo-kam navi od beyisra'el kemoshe asher yeda'o ADONAI panim el-panim
10And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Deuteronomy 34:10 (Hebrew & JPS 1917)
Fulfilment · New CovenantWMB
Acts 3:22-23 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
John 6:14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Yeshua did, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who comes into the world.”
John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Torah and also the prophets, wrote: Yeshua of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
How rabbinic tradition reads it
Usually read as the line of true prophets after Moses (Rashi, Ibn Ezra), or as a specific prophet such as Joshua or Jeremiah.
Why Messianic Jews read it as Yeshua
Deuteronomy ends by saying no prophet arose like Moses, who knew God "face to face" (34:10), so the promise was still open. Peter applied it to Yeshua in the Temple courts.
Look at the text for yourself
Read Deuteronomy 18:15 slowly, in the Hebrew and the JPS translation above. Then ask the question the Ethiopian official asked: "Who is the prophet talking about?"
Sources
- Rashi and Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 18:15
- Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), via OpenScriptures. English: JPS 1917; World Messianic Bible (public domain).