lesserot - Deuteronomy:17:14-20

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:14 @ When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou hast taken possession of it, and dwellest therein, and thou sayest, I wish to set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me:

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:15 @ Then mayest thou indeed set a king over thee, the one whom the Lord thy God will choose; from the midst of thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set over thee a stranger, who is not thy brother.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:16 @ Only he shall not acquire for himself many horses; so that he may not cause the people to return to Egypt, in order to acquire many horses; whereas the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth not return on that way any more.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:17 @ Neither shall he take to himself many wives, that his heart may not turn away; nor shall he acquire for himself too much silver and gold.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:18 @ And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of before the priests, the Levites;

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:19 @ And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: in order that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:17:20 @ So that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and so that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right, or to the left: in order that he may live many days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.