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Deuteronomy 17:18
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16 But he shall not multiply ahorses for himself, nor cause the people bto return to Egypt to multiply horses, for cthe Lord has said to you, d‘You shall not return that way again.’  
17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and agold for himself.  
18 “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one abefore the priests, the Levites.  
19 And ait 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 and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,  
20 that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he amay not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may2 prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel. 
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Deuteronomy 17:18.

Deuteronomy 17:18-20

It was a law in Israel that every king (when coronated) was to receive a copy of the law. God was making it very clear that owing to the king... (That is, "the leader." Husband, father, king—it matters not.) Owing to the king's duty to those governed, a ruler's first obligation is to God—from whom the ruler's authority flows. God Himself is the model that the leader (husband, father, king, governor, or whatever) is to follow, and it is God's acts of love and justice that the leader is to keep before his eyes. It is God's qualities that should motivate the act of the leader toward living a blameless life himself.

Excerpted from Government (Part Five)



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Deuteronomy 17:18:

1 Samuel 8:7-8
1 Samuel 8:7-8
1 Samuel 8:19-20
1 Kings 3:5-10
1 Kings 11:42
2 Chronicles 9:22-28


 
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