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:
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,.... When he is settled on it, and is even amidst all the pomp and glory of it: that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book;…
Barnes' Notes
It is in striking consistency with the dignity which everywhere throughout the Mosaic legislation surrounds the chosen people of God, that even if they will be “like as all the nations about” Deu…
After the laws which concerned subjects fitly followed the laws which concern kings; for those that rule others must themselves remember that they are under command. Here are laws given,
I. To the…
Cambridge Bible
a copy of this law Lit. a duplicateof what was before, or in charge of, the priests(Deu 31:9; Deu 31:26). Here we have the beginning of that confidence in written revelation and the canon which…
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