A prophet, or a dreamer of dreams - Compare (Numbers 12:6). The “prophet” received his revelations by vision or direct oral comm…

If there arise.—Three cases of instigation to idolatry are considered in this chapter:—

1. The false prophet ([R…

After restraining the Israelites from the strange delusions of the Gentiles, Moses now forbids them from being too credulous if false teachers shou…

If there arise among you a prophet
A false prophet, a lying prophet, as the Targum of Jonathan; one that pretends to…

Moses had cautioned against the danger that might arise from the Canaanites. Here he cautions against the rise of idolatry among themselves.