...his kingor un enchanter, or a witch, dom, that he shall write him a 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Lévites. 13 For all that do these things 19...

...himself, that hie bcart turn not aw ay h« greatly mull 18 And it si the throne of his kingdom, thai he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out oftliat which is before the priests the Lévites : 1П And il shall be wilh him, and he shall lead...

...against thée.'— Deut. xxxi. 24 — 26. A copy of this book was also to bfi left with the king : * And egislatio, wilh him, and he shall read therein all Ihe days of his life,' &e.— Deut. xviii. 18. This book of...

...appointed, that he should write out a copy of the Law with his own hand. Deut. xvii. 18 — 20. " And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his...book, out of that which is before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein, all the days of his life ; that he may...

...himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be when he sitteth upor the throne of his kingdom, that he shal , Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD ! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD fac Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may...

...reading, and writing, in the now proper sense of those words : And it shall be when he (the king) sittcth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall WRITE him a copy of this law, IN A BOOK—and it shall be with him, and he shall READ therein all the days of his life. Deut. xvii. 18,...

...Kings ix, 13. ' a Exodus xxix, 6. b Zech, vi, 13. INVESTIGATOR, No. IV. M A DISCOURSE ON OCCASION OF ' upon the throne of his kingdom, ' that he shall write him a copy of ' this law in a hook, out of that * which is hefore the priests the Le' vites ; and it shall he with him, ' and he...

...cold. Id And it shall be when he sitteth upon the Uirone of his kingdom, that he shall write him a cupy of this law in a book out of that whic.h is before the priests the Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his lite : that he...

...and, as a further guard, he had enjoined, by anticipation, Deut. xviii. 18, " That every king should write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Priests and Levites;" and, finally, in Joshua, xxiv. 26, when Joshua made the people renew the Covenant in...

...Law. The command that every king, upon his accession to the throne, should " write him a copy of the Law in a book, out of that which is before the priests (*)," is a proof not only that the Law existed in writing, but that there was a copy of it under the...