Deuteronomy 17
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Deuteronomy 17:11-20

111AccordingH5921 to the 2termsH6310 of the lawH8451 whichH834 they teachH3384 you, and accordingH5921 to the verdictH4941 whichH834 they tellH5046 you, you shall doH6213; you shall not turnH5493 asideH5493 from the wordH1697 whichH834 they declareH5046 to you, to the rightH3225 or the leftH8040. 12The manH376 whoH834 actsH6213 3presumptuouslyH2087 by not listeningH8085 to the priestH3548 who standsH5975 thereH8033 to serveH8334 the LordH3068 your GodH430, norH176 to the judgeH8199, that manH376 shall dieH4191; thus you shall purgeH1197 the evilH7451 from IsraelH3478. 13Then allH3605 the peopleH5971 will hearH8085 and be afraidH3372, and will not actH2102 4presumptuouslyH2102 againH5750.

14“WhenH3588 you enterH935 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 givesH5414 you, and you 5possessH3423 it and liveH3427 in it, and you sayH559, ‘6I will setH7760 a kingH4428 overH5921 me like allH3605 the nationsH1471 whoH834 are aroundH5439 me,’ 15you shall surelyH7760 setH7760 a kingH4428 overH5921 you whomH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 choosesH977, one 7from amongH7130 your 8countrymenH251 you shall setH7760 as kingH4428 overH5921 yourselves; you mayH3201 not putH5414 a foreignerH5237 overH5921 yourselves whoH834 is not your 9countrymanH251. 1610MoreoverH7534, he shall not multiplyH7235 horsesH5483 for himself, norH3808 shall he 11cause the peopleH5971 to returnH7725 to EgyptH4714 to multiplyH7235 horsesH5483, since 12the LordH3068 has saidH559 to you, ‘You shall neverH3808 againH3254 returnH7725 that wayH1870.’ 1713He shall not multiplyH7235 wivesH802 for himself, 14orH3808 elseH3808 his heartH3824 will turnH5493 awayH5493; norH3808 shall he greatlyH3966 increaseH7235 silverH3701 and goldH2091 for himself.

18“Now it shall comeH1961 about when he sitsH3427 on the throneH3678 of his kingdomH4467, he shall writeH3789 for himself a copyH4932 of thisH2088 lawH8451 on a scrollH5612 1516in the presenceH6440 of the LeviticalH3881 priestsH3548. 19It shall be with him and he shall readH7121 it 17allH3605 the daysH3117 of his lifeH2425, that he may learnH3925 to fearH3372 the LordH3068 his GodH430, 18by carefullyH6213 observingH6213 allH3605 the wordsH1697 of thisH2088 lawH8451 and theseH428 statutesH2706, 20that his heartH3824 may not be liftedH7311 up aboveH4480 his 19countrymenH251 20and that he may not turnH5493 asideH5493 from the commandmentH4687, to the rightH3225 or the leftH8040, soH4616 that he and his sonsH1121 may continueH748 longH748H3117 in his kingdomH4467 in the midstH7130 of IsraelH3478.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 17:11 Deut 25:1 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 17:11 Lit mouth ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 17:12 Num 15:30; Deut 1:43; 17:13; 18:20; Hos 4:4 ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 17:13 Deut 17:12 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 17:14 Deut 11:31; Josh 21:43 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 17:14 1 Sam 8:5, 19, 20; 10:19 ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 17:15 Jer 30:21 ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 17:15 Lit brother(s) ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 17:15 Lit brother(s) ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 17:16 1 Kin 4:26; 10:26-29; Ps 20:7 ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 17:16 Is 31:1; Ezek 17:15 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 17:16 Ex 13:17, 18; Hos 11:5 ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 17:17 2 Sam 5:13; 12:11; 1 Kin 11:3, 4 ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 17:17 Lit nor ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 17:18 Lit from before ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 17:18 Deut 31:24-26 ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 17:19 Deut 4:9, 10; Josh 1:8 ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 17:19 Lit to keep to do them ↩
  19. 19. Deuteronomy 17:20 Lit brothers ↩
  20. 20. Deuteronomy 17:20 Deut 5:32; 1 Kin 15:5 ↩

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