₁₅Instead, he will send you a prophet like me from among your own people, and you are to obey him.

₁₆“On the day that you were gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the LORD speak again or to see his fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die. ₁₇So the LORD said to me, ‘They have made a wise request. ₁₈I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell him what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command. ₁₉He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey him. ₂₀But if any prophet dares to speak a message in my name when I did not command him to do so, he must die for it, and so must any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods.’