Deuteronomy 17:14
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Deut 17:14
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"When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, `I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,'
Deut 17:15
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you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, {one} from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.
Deut 17:16
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~"Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the LORD has said to you, `You shall never again return that way.'
Deut 17:17
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~"He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.
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