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"When you
enter the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you, and you
possess it and
live in it, and you
say, 'I will
set a
king over me like
all the
nations who are
around me,'
'$y,h{l/a h'wh.y r,v]a #,r'a'h -l,a a{b't -yiK ? h'myif'a 'T.r;m'a.w H'B h'T.b;v'y.w H'T.viryiw .$'l !et{n ? y't{byib.s r,v]a ~Iyw{G;h -l'k.K .$,l,m y;l'[
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you shall
surely set a
king over you
whom the
LORD your
God chooses, one from
among your
countrymen you shall
set as
king over yourselves; you
may not
put a
foreigner over yourselves
who is not your
countryman.
h'wh.y r;x.bIy r,v]a .$,l,m '$y,l'[ ~yif'T ~w{f ? .$,l,m '$y,l'[ ~yif'T '$y,x;a b,r,Qim w{B '$y,h{l/a ? '$yix'a -a{l r,v]a yir.k'n vyia '$y,l'[ tet'l l;k.Wt a{l ? a.Wh
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"Moreover, he shall not
multiply horses for himself,
nor shall he cause the
people to
return to
Egypt to
multiply horses, since the
LORD has
said to you, 'You shall
never again return that
way.'
byiv'y -a{l.w ~yis.Ws w{L -h,B.r;y -a{l q;r ? h'why;w s.Ws tw{B.r;h !;[;m.l h'm.y;r.cim ~'['h -t,a ? h,Z;h .$,r,D;B b.Wv'l !.Wpis{t a{l ~,k'l r;m'a ? dw{[
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"He shall not
multiply wives for himself,
or else his
heart will
turn away; n
or shall he
greatly increase silver and
gold for himself.
w{b'b.l r.Ws'y a{l.w ~yiv'n w{L -h,B.r;y a{l.w ? d{a.m w{L -h,B.r;y a{l b'h'z.w @,s,k.w
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"Now it shall
come about when he
sits on the
throne of his
kingdom, he shall
write for himself a
copy of
this law on a
scroll in the
presence of the
Levitical priests.
w{l b;t'k.w w{T.k;l.m;m aeSiK l;[ w{T.biv.k h'y'h.w ? yen.piLim r,pes -l;[ ta{Z;h h'rw{T;h hen.vim -t,a ? ]miYiw.l;h ~yin]h{K;h
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"It shall be with him and he shall
read it
all the
days of his
life, that he may
learn to
fear the
LORD his
God, by
carefully observing all the
words of
this law and
these statutes,
wy'Y;x yem.y -l'K w{b a'r'q.w w{Mi[ h't.y'h.w ? wy'h{l/a h'wh.y -t,a h'a.rIy.l d;m.lIy !;[;m.l ? ~yiQUx;h -t,a.w ta{Z;h h'rw{T;h yer.biD -l'K -t,a r{m.vil ? ~'t{f][;l h,Lea'h
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that his
heart may not be
lifted up
above his
countrymen and that he may not
turn aside from the
commandment, to the
right or the
left,
so that he and his
sons may
continue long * in his
kingdom in the
midst of
Israel.
r.Ws yiT.lib.l.W wy'x,aem w{b'b.l -m.Wr yiT.lib.l ? .$yir]a;y !;[;m.l lwa{m.f.W !yim'y h'w.ciM;h -nim ? b,r,q.B wy'n'b.W a.Wh w{T.k;l.m;m -l;[ ~yim'y ? lea'r.fIy