Leviticus 23:29
Hebrew Bible
28 You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God. 29 Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. 30 As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people—
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Deuteronomy 18:19
Hebrew Bible
18 I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command. 19 I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name. 20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Acts 3:23
New Testament
22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. 23 Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.
Date: 75-85 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Luke’s quotation in Acts 3:23 is a composite quotation that is made up of explicit references and compiled from phrases that are similar to those found in Deuteronomy 18:19, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 18:29 and Leviticus 23:29. In fact, upon closer examination, the composition of Acts 3:23 seems to made up from a reference to Deuteronomy 18:19, as well as another reference to Exodus 30:33 / Leviticus 23:29. Yet another reference that closely resembles the latter is also to be found in Leviticus 18:29. These two references are actually presented by Luke as the end of a longer quotation in which “Moses said” (Acts 3:22) ..."
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