Deuteronomy 17:14-16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴ “When you enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you ^(A)take possession of it and live in it, and you say, ‘^(B)I will appoint a king over me like all the nations who are around me,’ ¹⁵ you shall in fact appoint a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses. One ^(C)from among your countrymen you shall appoint as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves, anyone who is not your countryman. ^16 (D)In any case, he is not to acquire many horses for himself, nor shall he ^(E)make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since ^(F)the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’