17 Neither shall he take him many wives, lest his heart [a]turn away, neither shall he gather him much silver and gold.

18 And when he shall sit upon the throne of his Kingdom, then shall he write him this [b]law repeated in a book, by the [c]Priest of the Levites.

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, and to keep all the words of this Law, and these ordinances to do them:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:17 From the Law of God.
  2. Deuteronomy 17:18 Meaning, the Deuteronomy.
  3. Deuteronomy 17:18 He shall cause it to be written by them, or he shall write it by their example.

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