Deuteronomy 17:15

you shall surely set over you the ruler whom the Lord God shall choose: of your brethren you shall set over you a ruler; you shall not have power to set over you a stranger, because he is not your brother.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Thou 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.

In Context

14And when you shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall inherit it and dwell in it, and shall say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;

16For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, You⌃ shall not any more turn back by that way.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, Have you⌃ seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!

1 Samuel 16:12And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and + 16:12 Gr. goodly in the sight of the Lord. very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.

2 Samuel 5:2And + 5:2 Gr. yesterday and the third day. heretofore Saul being king over us, you were he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be for a leader to my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:10He shall build a house to my name; and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom in Israel for ever.

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ; 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:15-20

The Choice of a King. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 When 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; 15 Thou 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. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the… Read the whole commentary →

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