Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 17:16-20

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:

19and it shall be with him, and he shallreadוְקָ֥רָאve.Ka.ra'H7121thereinallכָּל־kol-H3605thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of hislifeH3117: that he maylearnיִלְמַ֗דyil.MadH3925tofearלְיִרְאָה֙le.yir.'AhH3372theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430, tokeepלִ֠שְׁמֹרLish.morH8104allכָּל־kol-H3605thewordsדִּבְרֵ֞יdiv.ReiH1697of thislawהַתּוֹרָ֥הha.to.RahH8451andtheseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428statutesהַחֻקִּ֥יםha.chu.KimH2706, todoלַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃la.'a.so.TamH6213them:

20that hisheartלְבָבוֹ֙le.va.VoH3824benotלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115liftedH7311upH7311aboveעַל־'al-H5921hisbrethrenמֵֽאֶחָ֔יוme.'e.ChavH251, and that heturnס֥וּרsurH5493notוּלְבִלְתִּ֛יu.le.vil.TiH1115asideH5493from thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֖הha.mitz.VahH4687, to therightיָמִ֣יןya.MinH3225handH3225, or to theleftוּשְׂמֹ֑אולu.se.MolH8040: to the end that he mayprolongיַאֲרִ֨יךְya.'a.RikhH748hisdaysיָמִ֧יםya.MimH3117in hiskingdomמַמְלַכְתּ֛וֹmam.lakh.ToH4467, he and hischildrenוּבָנָ֖יוu.va.NavH1121, in themidstבְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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