Linton Global
Bible Research Suite
Negative commandment 363 of 365

That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses

Maimonides

That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses, as it is said, “But he shall not multiply horses to himself” (Deut. 17:16).

Deuteronomy 17:16

KJV
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.
ASV
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.
WEB
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because the LORD has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
JPS
Only 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.’