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Deuteronomy 17:14
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Deuteronomy 17:14
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The King
14 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession(A) of it and settled in it,(B) and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”(C)
Deuteronomy 17:14
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Deuteronomy 17:14
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14 When 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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1 Samuel 8:5
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1 Samuel 8:5
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5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(A) to lead[a](B) us, such as all the other nations(C) have.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
1 Samuel 8:5
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1 Samuel 8:5
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5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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1 Samuel 8:19-20
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1 Samuel 8:19-20
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19 But the people refused(A) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want(B) a king(C) over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(D) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 8:19-20
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1 Samuel 8:19-20
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19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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1 Samuel 12:17
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1 Samuel 12:17
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17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
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Psalm 106:35
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Psalm 106:35
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35 but they mingled(A) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
Psalm 106:35
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Psalm 106:35
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35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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Ezekiel 11:12
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Ezekiel 11:12
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12 And you will know that I am the Lord,(A) for you have not followed my decrees(B) or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(C)”
Ezekiel 11:12
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Ezekiel 11:12
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12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
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Ezekiel 20:32
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Ezekiel 20:32
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32 “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen.
Ezekiel 20:32
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Ezekiel 20:32
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32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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Ezekiel 25:8-9
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Ezekiel 25:8-9
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A Prophecy Against Moab
8 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab(A) and Seir(B) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,” 9 therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth(C), Baal Meon(D) and Kiriathaim(E)—the glory of that land.
Ezekiel 25:8-9
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Ezekiel 25:8-9
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8 Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
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Hosea 7:8
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Hosea 7:8
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8 “Ephraim mixes(A) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Hosea 7:8
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Hosea 7:8
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8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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Hosea 13:10-11
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Hosea 13:10-11
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Hosea 13:10-11
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Hosea 13:10-11
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10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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