Deuteronomy 17:14-16

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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.