This is according to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the LORD my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 18:16 in context
Deuteronomy 18:13–19
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You shall be blameless with the LORD your God.
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For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.
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The LORD your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
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This is according to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the LORD my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
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The LORD said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
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I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
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It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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