Shoftim 18:18 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Shoftim · Passuk 18:18

The Complete Passuk

נָבִ֨יא אָקִ֥ים לָהֶם֙ מִקֶּ֣רֶב אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם כָּמ֑וֹךָ וְנָתַתִּ֤י דְבָרַי֙ בְּפִ֔יו וְדִבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲצַוֶּֽנּוּ׃

A prophet I will raise up for them from among their brethren, like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Sifrei Devarim 175 / Sanhedrin.

Lemma: נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 175 / Sanhedrin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ – כָּמוֹךָ מִקִּרְבָּם, לֹא מִן הַגּוֹיִם.

English: ‘A prophet I will raise up for them from among their brethren, like you’ – like you from among them, not from the nations.

On the daf / in context: The prophet must be from Yisrael and of the stature implied by ‘like you’.

Type of Learning

Derash on the origin and model of the prophet (Sifrei) — both the national origin and the comparison to Moshe are essential.

What Is Learned

The prophet whom Hashem raises must be from among the brethren of Yisrael and must stand in the tradition of Moshe.