Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,—that he may prolong his days over his kingdom—he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

In Context

19so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life,—that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:2Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,—that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.

Deuteronomy 8:2So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,—that he might humble thee to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart,—whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 12:25Thou shalt not eat it,—that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 12:32Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,—thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.

1 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel declared unto the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a scroll, and laid it up before Yahweh. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his own house.

1 Samuel 15:23For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,—and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,—Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.

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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