Deuteronomy 17:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “Only, he is not to increase horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Mitsrayim to increase horses, for יהוה  has said to you, ‘Do not return that way again.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But he shall not multiply horses to himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to multiply horses, since the Lord said to you, You shall never return that way.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ That granted, the king must not acquire too many horses, and he must not return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, because the LORD told you: “You will never go back by that road again.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And when he will have been appointed king, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor lead the people back into Egypt, having been exalted by the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord has instructed you never to return along the same way.

Deuteronomy 17:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:4

And Dawiḏ

1 Kings 1:5

And Aḏ

1 Kings 4:26

And Shelomoh had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

1 Kings 5:6

“And now, command that they cut down cedars for me from Leḇ

2 Chronicles 1:16

And Shelomoh had horses imported from Mitsrayim and from Quĕ

2 Chronicles 9:25

And Shelomoh had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the sovereign at Yerushalayim.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we remember the Name of יהוה  our Elohim.

Exodus 13:17

And it came to be, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, though that was nearer, for Elohim said, “Lest the people regret when they see fighting, and return to Mitsrayim.”

Exodus 13:18

So Elohim led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds. And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 14:13

And Mosheh said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the deliverance of יהוה, which He does for you today. For the Mitsrites whom you see today, you are never, never to see again.

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. And their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

Jeremiah 42:19

“יהוה  has spoken about you, O remnant of Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 17:15

‘But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Mitsrayim, to give him horses and many people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape who is doing these? And shall he break a covenant and still escape?

Hosea 11:5

“No, let him return to the land of Mitsrayim, and let Ashshur be his sovereign, because they refused to repent!

Hosea 14:3

“Ashshur does not save us. We do not ride on horses, nor ever again do we say to the work of our hands, ‘Our mighty ones.’ For the fatherless finds compassion in You.”

Micah 5:10

“And it shall be in that day,” declares יהוה, “that I shall cut off your horses out of your midst, and I shall destroy your chariots.

Deuteronomy 28:68

“And יהוה  shall bring you back to Mitsrayim in ships, by a way of which I said to you, ‘You are never to see it again.’ And there you shall be sold to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one to buy.”

1 Samuel 8:11

and said, “This is the ruling of the sovereign who does reign over you: He shall take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots,