Deuteronomy 17
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, or his heart will be led astray. And he must not pile up great amounts of silver and gold for himself. 2
- 17:18 When he takes his seat on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write out for himself a copy of this law on a scroll, from the one kept by the Levitical priests. 2
- 17:8 If a case is too hard for you to decide, whether it concerns bloodshed, legal claims or injuries, any kind of dispute in your towns, then you are to set out and go up to the place the LORD your God will choose, 1
- 17:9 and go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Ask them about the case, and they will give you the verdict. 1
- 17:15 you may indeed set a king over you, but it must be the one the LORD your God chooses. Set over you a king from among your fellow Israelites; you may not put a foreigner over you, someone who is not one of your own people. 1
- 17:16 But he must not build up a large number of horses for himself, or send the people back to Egypt to get more horses, for the LORD has told you, 'You must never go back that way again.' 1
- 17:19 He must keep it with him and read from it all his life, so that he learns to fear the LORD his God, carefully keeping every word of this law and these statutes and doing them, 1
- 17:20 so that he does not think himself above his fellow Israelites or stray from the commandment to the right or the left. Then he and his descendants will reign over his kingdom in Israel for a long time. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites Deut. xvii. 8
…the Sophists, is considered absurd and impossible to be done. First then, Moses saith, (Deut. xvii. 8.) that, ‘if there arise a matter too hard in judgment, men are to go to the place which…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 8 — The Credibility of Scripture Sufficiently Proved in So Far as Natural Reason Admits cites Deut. 17:18
…in the temple, and a copy taken from it had been deposited in the royal archives (Deut. 17:18, 19); the only thing which had occurred was, that the priests had ceased to publish the…
- The Big Story ·
A King Like the Nations cites Deuteronomy 17:15
…might one day have one, as long as it was “the king whom the LORD your God shall choose” (Deuteronomy 17:15). The problem was the reason. They wanted to be “like all the other nations”. God had…
- The Big Story ·
The Kingdom Splits cites Deuteronomy 17:17
…heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold” (Deuteronomy 17:17). He was not to build up a great force of horses from Egypt either. Solomon did all…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites Deut. 17:9
…the prince of all the prophets, was to be heard in preference to others (Exod. 3:4; Deut. 17:9); but he is previously furnished with his orders, that he may not be able to speak at all…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites Deut. 17:16-20
…learn to fear the Lord his God;” “that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren” (Deut. 17:16-20). In here explaining the duties of magistrates, my exposition is intended not so much for…