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Deuteronomy 17:14-16
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Deuteronomy 17:14-16
Contemporary English Version
The King
Moses said:
14 (A) People of Israel, after you capture the land the Lord your God is giving you, and after you settle on it, you will say, “We want a king, just like the nations around us.”
15 Go ahead and appoint a king, but make sure that he is an Israelite and that he is the one the Lord has chosen.
16 (B) The king should not have many horses, especially those from Egypt. The Lord has said never to go back there again.
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