DEUTERONOMY 17:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“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;”
When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me — Israel's desire for a king is presented as a future temptation, a moment when the nation will compare itself to surrounding monarchies and desire conventional political legitimacy rather than theocratic uniqueness.
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