Deuteronomy 18:13

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
perfect	תָּמִ֣ים ta.Mim	H8549	entire (literally · adjective, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be t…
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, o…
Psalms 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Philippians 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am appr…
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

One would not think there had been so much need as it seems there was to arm the people of Israel against the infection of the idolatrous customs of the Canaanites. Was it possible that a people so blessed with divine institutions should ever admit the brutish and barbarous inventions of men and devils? Were they in any danger of making those their tutors and directors in religion whom God had made their captives and tributaries? It seems they were in danger, and therefore, after many similar cautions, they are here charged not to do after the abominations of those nations, Deu 18:9. I. Some particulars are specified; as, 1. The consecrating of their children to Moloch, an idol that represen…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 18:9

THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS ARE TO BE AVOIDED. (Deu 18:9-14) thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations--(See on Lev 18:21; Lev 19:26; Lev 19:31; Lev 20:4). In spite of this express command, the people of Canaan, especially the Philistines, were a constant snare and stumbling block to the Israelites, on account of their divinations and superstitious practices.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 18:13

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. Sincerely serve and worship him, faithfully adhere to his word, laws, statutes, and ordinances, and walk uprightly before him.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Deuteronomy 18:9-14 9. When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 9. Quum tu ingressus fueris in terram quam Jehova Deus tuus dat tibi, ne discas ad faciendum secundum abominationes gentium istarum. 10. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 10. Non inveniatur in medio tui qui tradueat filium suum, (ad verbum, Transire faciat,) vel filiam suam per ignem, qui divinet divinationes, augur, magus, et incantator, 11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with fami…

Dictionary and topics

Magic — The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judg. 18:5, 6; Zech. 10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in Ezek. 21:19-22. We read…
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Jews, The · Prohibited from: Following practices of others — Prohibited from: Following practices of others
Perfection · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Sorcery · Forbid — Forbid

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 18:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 18:9

John Gill on Deuteronomy 18:13

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 18:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 18:9

John Gill on Deuteronomy 18:13

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 18:11

Rashi on Deuteronomy 18:13