rsv Deuteronomy:17:14-20 SEEK
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When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you ,
and you possess it and dwell in it ,
and then say , `
I will set a king over me ,
like all the nations that are round about me ';
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you may indeed set as king over you him whom the LORD your God will choose .
One from among your brethren you shall set as king over you ;
you may not put a foreigner over you ,
who is not your brother .
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Only he must not multiply horses for himself ,
or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to multiply horses ,
since the LORD has said to you , `
You shall never return that way again .'
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And he shall not multiply wives for himself ,
lest his heart turn away ;
nor shall he greatly multiply for himself silver and gold .
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And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom ,
he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law ,
from that which is in the charge of the Levitical priests ;
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and it shall be with him ,
and he shall read in it all the days of his life ,
that he may learn to fear the LORD his God ,
by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes ,
and doing them ;
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that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren ,
and that he may not turn aside from the commandment ,
either to the right hand or to the left ;
so that he may continue long in his kingdom ,
he and his children ,
in Israel .