Deuteronomy 17:15-17

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.^(A) Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.^{(B) 16} However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’^{(C) 17} He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray.^(D) He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.^(E)