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Deuteronomy 17:12-14
International Children’s Bible
Deuteronomy 17:12-14
International Children’s Bible
12 The person who does not show respect for the judge or priest must be put to death. They are there serving the Lord your God. You must get rid of that evil from Israel. 13 Then everyone will hear about this. And they will be afraid. They will not show disrespect anymore.
Choosing a King
14 You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. You will take it as your own and live in it. Then you will say, “Let’s appoint a king over us like the nations all around us.”
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Deuteronomy 17:12-14
New International Version
Deuteronomy 17:12-14
New International Version
12 Anyone 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) 13 All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.(E)
The King
14 When 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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