Deuteronomy 18:17
Good News Translation
So the LORD said to me, 'They have made a wise request.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD replied to me: “They are right in what they have said.

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD told me: Moses, they have said the right thing.

New American Bible
And the LORD said to me, What they have said is good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.

Deuteronomy 5:28 And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well.

Context
A New Prophet
16As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I die. 17And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.18I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:28
And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well.

Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Deuteronomy 18:16
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