Deuteronomy 18:15

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, instructing them to abandon the divination practices of the nations they will dispossess. He recalls their request at Horeb to stop hearing God's voice and seeing His fire so they would not die.

The words — The text centers on יָקִים (ya.Kim, "he will raise up") and נָבִ֨יא (na.Vi', "prophet"), specifying the figure will emerge מִ/קִּרְבְּ/ךָ֤ (mi./kir.be./Cha, "from your midst") and מֵ/אַחֶ֙י/ךָ֙ (me./'a.Chei./kha, "from among your countrymen").

The thread — The promise appears in Acts 3:22 and Acts 7:37 as a foundational reference, while John 1:45 identifies the fulfilled figure as the one Moses wrote about in the Law.

Why it lands — The verse issues a direct command to obey a future prophetic mediator, replacing the Israelites' rejected fear of direct divine encounter with a structured channel for hearing God.

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The Hebrew words

נָבִ֨יאna.Vi'a prophet מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤mi./kir.be./Chafrom/ midst/ your מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙me./'a.Chei./khaone of/ countrymen/ your כָּמֹ֔נִיka.Mo./nilike/ me יָקִ֥יםya.Kimhe will raise upלְךָ֖le./Khafor <the>/ youיְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your אֵלָ֖יו'e.La/vto/ him תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃tish.ma.'U/nyou will listen/ !

King James Version

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Cross-references

Acts 3:22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
Acts 7:37 This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
Hebrews 1:1 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Luke 9:35 And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
John 6:29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Luke 24:19 “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.