Deuteronomy:17:14-20

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* When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee , and shalt possess it and dwell therein , and shalt say I will set over me a king , like all the nations that are round about me , * thou shalt , set , over thee as king , him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose , out of the midst of thy brethren , shalt thou set over thee a king , thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner , who is not thy brother . * Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses , neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses , when , Yahweh , hath said unto you , Ye shall not again return this way any more . * Neither shall he multiply to himself wives , that his heart turn not aside , nor silver and gold , shall he multiply to himself greatly . * But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom , then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll , out of that which is before the priests the Levites : * so shall it be with him , and he shall read therein all the days of his life , that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God , to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them : * that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren , and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left , that he may prolong his days over his kingdomhe and his sons , in the midst of Israel .

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