¹⁵ “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers.^(A) You must listen to him. ¹⁶ This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’ ^{(B) 17} Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 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. ¹⁹ I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name.^(C)

Israel’s Rebellion against God

³⁷ “This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God^[a] will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.^[b](A)