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BeginningIsrael enters the land and asks to set a king over the nation.When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the… — Deuteronomy 17:14 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
Place the king under the LORD’s law
1 Choose the LORD’s appointee
Do not appoint a foreignerSet over Israel the king whom the LORD chooses. The king must come from among the people, not from a foreign nation.you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may… — Deuteronomy 17:15 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
2 Do not multiply power
Do not return to Egypt for horsesThe king must not multiply horses or send the people back toward Egypt in order to acquire them.Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has… — Deuteronomy 17:16 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
Guard heart and wealthThe king must not multiply wives, lest the heart turn away, or accumulate excessive silver and gold.He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. — Deuteronomy 17:17 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
3 Copy and read the Torah
Keep a personal copyWrite a copy of this Torah from the text kept by the Levitical priests, and read it throughout every day of the reign.It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the… — Deuteronomy 17:18–19 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
All Rule with humility
Do not rise above your brothersLearn to fear the LORD, keep his words, remain humble among your brothers, and do not turn aside from the command.that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that… — Deuteronomy 17:19–20 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
A faithful king remains under the TorahIt shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the… — Deuteronomy 17:18–20 · WEB
In the commentaryThe King and the Copy
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.