DEUTERONOMY 17:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:”
When he has taken the throne of his kingdom, he shall have a copy of this law written for him in the presence of the levitical priests — the torah hammelek (the law of the king) requires the monarch to possess a personal scroll of Deuteronomy, making the written Torah the measure of royal authority rather than personal will or precedent.
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