The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. The word translated "per-feet" properly means entire, whole, answering to the Latin integer; it is used only in a moral sense, and is best rendered by "upright;" the Israelites were to be upright and sincere with, i.

e. in relation with, Jehovah their God.

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