That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
afin que son coeur ne s'élève point au-dessus de ses frères, et qu'il ne se détourne de ces commandements ni à droite ni à gauche; afin qu'il prolonge ses jours dans son royaume, lui et ses enfants, au milieu d'Israël.
KJV
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
. Mang. 20 συνδικάσουσιν SM καὶ τἄλλα—συνδιοικήσουσιν (248,1) om. SM τἆλλ’ Α 9 Num. 20,17. 21,22. 15 Deut. 17,20. 17. 18 Escur. ibid.: ὁ νόμιμος ἄρχων— ἀπολέλοιπεν. κοινωφελῆ συνδιοικήσουσιν. εἷς γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ἐξαρκέσαι, κἂν προθυμότατος ᾖ καὶ πάντων ἐρρωμενέστατος ἑκάτερον, σῶμα κα…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
per Moysen in Deuteronomio designat, dicens: Non declinet, inquit, ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram (Deut. XVII, 20) . Qui si bene direxerit vias suas, et studia sua coram eo qui est Rex regum, necessario pacatos regni sui fines possidebit. Unde et illic mox subditur: Ut longo re…
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