Verse 15
Deuteronomy 17:15
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Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God (Elohim): let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שׂ֣וֹם תָּשִׂ֤ים עָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ בּ֑/וֹ מִ/קֶּ֣רֶב אַחֶ֗י/ךָ תָּשִׂ֤ים עָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ לֹ֣א תוּכַ֗ל לָ/תֵ֤ת עָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ נָכְרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא אָחִ֖י/ךָ הֽוּא
English Translation
You shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses from among your brothers; you shall not set a foreign man over you who is not your brother.
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Chapter 17 Context
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If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God (Elohim) gives y...
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By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of...
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If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no...
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On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to...
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The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all th...
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If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a ca...
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And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go i...
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And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.
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Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God (Elohim): let your king be on...
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And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great...
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