Deuteronomy 17
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Deuteronomy 17:11-20

11according to the tenor of the lawH8451 which they shall teachH3384 thee, and according to the judgmentH4941 which they shall tellH5046 thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turnH5493 asideH5493 from the sentenceH4941 which they shall show thee, to the rightH3225 handH3225, nor to the left. 12And the manH376 that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priestH3548 that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy GodH430, or unto the judgeH8199, even that manH376 shall dieH4191: and thou shalt putH4191 away the evilH7451 from IsraelH3478. 13And all the peopleH5971 shall hearH8085, and fearH3372, and do no more presumptuouslyH2102.

14When thou art comeH935 unto the landH776 which Jehovah thy GodH430 giveth thee, and shalt possessH3423 it, and shalt dwellH3427 therein, and shalt sayH559, I will setH7760 a kingH4428 over me, like all the nationsH1471 that are roundH5439 about me; 15thou shalt surely setH7760 him kingH4428 over thee, whom Jehovah thy GodH430 shall chooseH977: oneH376 from among thy brethren shalt thou setH7760 kingH4428 over thee; thou mayest not putH5414 a foreignerH5237 over thee, who is not thy brotherH251. 16OnlyH7535 he shall not multiplyH7235 horsesH5483 to himself, nor cause the peopleH5971 to returnH7725 to EgyptH4714, to the end that he may multiplyH7235 horsesH5483; forasmuch as Jehovah hath saidH559 unto you, Ye shall henceforth returnH7725 no more that wayH1870. 17Neither shall he multiplyH7235 wives to himself, that his heartH3824 turnH5493 not awayH5493: neither shall he greatly multiplyH7235 to himself silverH3701 and goldH2091.

18And it shall beH1961, when he sitteth upon the throneH3678 of his kingdomH4467, that he shall writeH3789 him a copyH4932 of this lawH8451 in a bookH5612, out of that which isH1961 before the priestsH3548 the LevitesH3881: 19and it shall beH1961 with him, and he shall readH7121 therein all the daysH3117 of his life; that he may learnH3925 to fearH3372 Jehovah his GodH430, to keepH8104 all the wordsH1697 of this lawH8451 and these statutesH2706, to do them; 20that his heartH3824 be not liftedH7311 up above his brethren, and that he turnH5493 not asideH5493 from the commandmentH4687, to the rightH3225 handH3225, or to the left: to the end that he may prolongH748 his daysH3117 in his kingdomH4467, he and his children, in the midstH7130 of IsraelH3478.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain