Deuteronomy 17:14

When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, and shalt possess it and dwell therein,—and shalt say—I will set over me a king, like all the nations that are round about me,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

13And, all the people, shall hear and fear,—and shall not act presumptuously any more.

15thou shalt, set, over thee as king, him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose,—out of the midst of thy brethren, shalt thou set over thee a king, thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner, who is not thy brother.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:1When Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art going in to possess, and shall clear away many nations from before thee—the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites—seven nations greater in number and stronger than thou;

Deuteronomy 12:9Because ye have not entered as yet,—into the resting-place and into the inheritance which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.

Deuteronomy 26:1And it shall be when thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance,—and shalt possess it and dwell therein,

Joshua 1:13Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying,—Yahweh your God, is granting you rest, and doth give you this land.

1 Samuel 8:19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel,—and they said—Nay! but, a king, shall be over us:

1 Samuel 12:19And all the people said unto Samuel—Pray for thy servants, unto Yahweh thy God, and let it not be that we die,—For we have added, to all our sins, a wrong, in asking for ourselves a king.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:9-14

The Authority of the Judges. ( b. c. 1451.) 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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