Epiphany Season · Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
The Prophet
January 31, 2027
Overview & Insights
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you.” (Deuteronomy 18:15)
The prophet comes last in the listing of Israel’s different leadership roles. Almost certainly this is deliberate and significant, like the putting of the judge before the king. Maintaining justice was a higher priority than having a dynastic monarchy. Judge and king must both submit to the law of God, just as the priest must faithfully teach it. But what if those entrusted with such forms of leadership were themselves to go astray? Then the last word was God’s. And God would put that word in the mouth of God’s prophet.
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Commentary
Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary reading of God's promise to raise a prophet like Moses.
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed take on discerning the authentic word of God amid competing voices.
Deuteronomy 18 (Enduring Word Bible Commentary) Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse evangelical study of the prophet like Moses and testing false prophets.
Deuteronomy 18 Commentary Precept Austin
Deep verse-by-verse notes gathering many conservative commentators on Deuteronomy 18.
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B (Agape Bible Study) Agape Bible Study
Catholic study reading the promised prophet as pointing toward Christ.
Background & Word Study
Deuteronomy 18 (Hebrew text and commentaries) Sefaria
Hebrew text of Deuteronomy 18 with classical Jewish commentary and translation tools.
Deuteronomy 18:15 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew interlinear for word study of the prophet the LORD will raise up.
Book of Deuteronomy Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of Deuteronomy's structure and Moses' final speeches to Israel.
The Church Fathers
Questions preachers ask
Who is the prophet like Moses?
Moses promises that God will raise up a prophet from among the people to whom they must listen; the New Testament reads this as fulfilled in Christ, the prophet greater than Moses.
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