<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">Chapter 18, vs. 20, commands death for a false prophet. The court imposed death penalty of this verse applies to three sins: (a) One who prophesies what he did not hear from God; </span></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>(b) one who proclaims as his own a prophecy that had been given to another prophet (this would parallel the crime of plagiarism); and (c) one who prophesies in the name of another god (<i>Rashi</i>).</div><div><br></div><div><i>Ramban</i> teaches the so-called prophet is liable even if he invokes his god to declare that Jews should obey this or that mitzvah in the Torah. However, to be chayav misa,</div><div>he must declare that the idol is the true god; for example, if he says, "<i>Peor</i>, who is god, has commanded that Jews should take a lulav."</div><div><br></div><div>ri</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>