1; Enticers to idolatry;
6; how near soever unto thee;
9; are to be stoned to death.
12; Idolatrous cities are not to be spared.
* a prophet.
That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and
authority of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one
who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night
season, and giveth thee a sign, {oth,} what appears to be a
miraculous proof of his mission, or a wonder, {mopheth,} some
portentous sign, such as an eclipse, which he, who knew when
it would happen, might predict to the people, who knew nothing
of the matter, and thereby accredit his pretensions. But no
pretended miracles must be admitted as a proof that the people
might violate the first and great commandment.
1Ki 13:18 Isa 9:15 Jer 6:13 23:11 Eze 13:2,3,23 Zec 13:4
Mt 7:15 24:11 Lu 6:26 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 4:1
* a dreamer.
Jer 23:25-28 27:9 29:8,24 *marg:
Zec 10:2
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