Anyone could say anything.
There had to be a way for Israel to know if a person claiming to prophesy was really talking to them in G-d's name or not. I don't think it could be just personal opinion. And how could I know if this person's prophesy would or did come to pass? There was no TV or internet.
There had to be a higher authority to verify a prophet.
The Sanhedrin was that authority in other things, why not also this? Why would the text have to spell this out?
It already said there were standards, it already said there were consequences if someone prophecied falsely, it spoke of the Sanhedrin in general terms, the people and their leaders knew where to go for adjudication.
These verses that I quoted indeed do have a lot to say about the subject.
Even if you don't believe that the oral Torah has authority, much of what is recorded in the Talmud is actual history and actual events. So if the Talmud says that Daniel was not a prophet, it's not far fetched to think that perhaps he was not verified by Sanhedrin - or by whatever means they used to verify this. I believe it when I am taught by Rabbinic Judaism that the Sanhedrin did this.
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