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Deuteronomy 17:16 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 17 · verse 16
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.Deuteronomy 17:16 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 17:16 in context
14When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
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Key words (Strong's)
- henceforthyâçaphto add or augmentH3254 →
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- horsesçûwça horseH5483 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
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After the laws which concerned subjects fitly followed the laws which concern kings; for those that rule others must themselves remember that they are under command. Here are laws given, I. To the electors of the empire, what rules they must go by in making their choice, Deu 17:14, Deu 17:15. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-20