Deuteronomy 17:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹²But he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest, who ministereth at that time to the Lord thy God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away the evil from Israel:

¹³And all the people hearing it shall fear, that no one afterwards swell with pride.

¹⁴When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about:

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Deuteronomy 17:12-14

New International Version

¹²Anyone who shows contempt^(A) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering^(B) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.^(C) You must purge the evil from Israel.^(D) ¹³All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.^(E)

The King

¹⁴When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession^(F) of it and settled in it,^(G) and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”^(H)

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Deuteronomy 17:12-14

King James Version

¹²And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

¹³And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

¹⁴When 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;

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