Deuteronomy 17
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Deuteronomy 17:14-17

14“WhenH3588 you enterH935 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 givesH5414 you, and you 1possessH3423 it and liveH3427 in it, and you sayH559, ‘2I 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 3from amongH7130 your 4countrymenH251 you shall setH7760 as kingH4428 overH5921 yourselves; you mayH3201 not putH5414 a foreignerH5237 overH5921 yourselves whoH834 is not your 5countrymanH251. 166MoreoverH7534, he shall not multiplyH7235 horsesH5483 for himself, norH3808 shall he 7cause the peopleH5971 to returnH7725 to EgyptH4714 to multiplyH7235 horsesH5483, since 8the LordH3068 has saidH559 to you, ‘You shall neverH3808 againH3254 returnH7725 that wayH1870.’ 179He shall not multiplyH7235 wivesH802 for himself, 10orH3808 elseH3808 his heartH3824 will turnH5493 awayH5493; norH3808 shall he greatlyH3966 increaseH7235 silverH3701 and goldH2091 for himself.

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Notes

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

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 17

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