Deuteronomy 17:14

Easy To Read Version

“You will enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You will take that land and live in it. Then you will say, ‘We will put a king over us, like all the nations around us.’

Cross References

Leviticus 14:34

“I am giving the land of Canaan to your people. Your people will enter that land. At that time, I might cause mildew [214] to grow in some person’s house.

Numbers 33:53

You will take the land and you will settle there. Why? Because I am giving this land to you. It will belong to your families.

Deuteronomy 11:31

You will go across the Jordan River. You will take the land that the Lord your God is giving you. This land will belong to you. When you are living in this land,

Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the terrible things the people of the other nations there do.

Deuteronomy 26:1

“You will soon enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You will take that land and live there.

Deuteronomy 26:9

So he brought us to this place. He gave us this land—a land filled with many good things. [159]

Deuteronomy 7:1

“The Lord your God will lead you into the land that you are entering to take for your own. The Lord will force out many nations for you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations greater and more powerful than you.

Joshua 1:13

“Remember what the Lord’s servant Moses told you. He said that the Lord your God would give you a place to rest. The Lord will give you that land!

Joshua 21:43

So the Lord kept the promise that he had made to the people of Israel. He gave the people all the land that he had promised. The people took the land and lived there.

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God. Your God saves you from all your troubles and problems. But you said, ‘No, we want a king to rule us.’ Now come, stand before the Lord in your families and family groups.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel explained the rules of the kingdom to the people. He wrote the rules in a book. He put the book before the Lord. Then Samuel told the people to go home.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants. Don’t let us die! We have sinned many times. And now we have added to those sins—we have asked for a king.”

1 Samuel 16:3

Invite Jesse to the sacrifice. Then I will show you what to do. You must anoint [143] the person I show you.”

1 Samuel 8:11

Samuel said, “If you have a king ruling over you, this is what he will do: He will take away your sons. He will force your sons to serve him. He will force them to be soldiers—they must fight from his chariots and become horse soldiers in his army. Your sons will become guards running in front of the king’s chariot.