Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 17:15-18

15thou shalt inanyאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376wisesetH7760himkingמֶ֔לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over thee,whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallchooseיִבְחַ֛רyiv.CharH977: one from among thybrethrenאַחֶ֗יךָ'a.Chei.KhaH251shalt thousetH7760kingמֶ֔לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over thee: thou mayestnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808putלָתֵ֤תla.TetH5414aforeignerנָכְרִ֔יna.khe.RiH5237over thee,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808thybrotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251.

16Onlyרַק֮rakH7535he shallnotH3808multiplyיַרְבֶּה־yar.beh-H7235horsesסוּסִים֒su.SimH5483tohimselfH3808,norH3808causeH7725thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971toreturnיָשִׁ֤יבya.ShivH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֔יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, to the end that he shouldmultiplyהַרְבּ֣וֹתhar.BotH7235horsesס֑וּסSusH5483: forasmuch as theLORDוַֽיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068hathsaidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559untoyouH7725, Ye shall henceforthreturnלָשׁ֛וּבla.ShuvH7725noH3808moreעֽוֹד׃odH5750thatwayבַּדֶּ֥רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870.

17Neitherוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808shall hemultiplyיַרְבֶּה־yar.beh-H7235wivesנָשִׁ֔יםna.ShimH802tohimselfH3824, that hisheartלְבָב֑וֹle.va.VoH3824turnיָס֖וּרya.SurH5493notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808awayH5493:neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808shall hegreatlyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966multiplyיַרְבֶּה־yar.beh-H7235tohimselfH3824silverוְכֶ֣סֶףve.Khe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֔בve.za.HavH2091.

18And it shall be, when he sittethuponH5921thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of hiskingdomמַמְלַכְתּ֑וֹmam.lakh.ToH4467, that he shallwriteוְכָ֨תַבve.Kha.tavH3789him acopyמִשְׁנֵ֨הmish.NehH4932of thislawהַתּוֹרָ֤הha.to.RahH8451in abookסֵ֔פֶרSe.ferH5612,outH6440of that which isbeforeH6440thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּֽם׃hal.vi.YimH3881:

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