10. They will give their decision, and you are to do exactly as they tell you.
11. Accept their verdict and follow their instructions in every detail.
12. Anyone who dares to disobey either the judge or the priest on duty is to be put to death; in this way you will remove this evil from Israel.
13. Then everyone will hear of it and be afraid, and no one else will dare to act in such a way.
14. “After you have taken possession of the land that the Lord your God is going to give you and have settled there, then you will decide you need a king like all the nations round you.
15. Make sure that the man you choose to be king is the one whom the Lord has chosen. He must be one of your own people; do not make a foreigner your king.
16. The king is not to have a large number of horses for his army, and he is not to send people to Egypt to buy horses, because the Lord has said that his people are never to return there.
17. The king is not to have many wives, because this would make him turn away from the Lord; and he is not to make himself rich with silver and gold.