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# When he sits on the throne of his kingdom

Here "throne" represents the person's power and authority as king. To sit on the throne means to become king. Alternate translation: "When he becomes king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law

Possible meanings are 1) "he must personally write in a scroll a copy of this law for himself" or 2) "he must appoint someone to write in a scroll a copy of this law for him"

# from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites

"from the copy of the law that the Levitical priests keep"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# When he sits on the throne of his kingdom`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "throne" represents the person's power and authority as king. To sit on the throne means to become king. Alternate translation: "When he becomes king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law`

			`Possible meanings are 1) "he must personally write in a scroll a copy of this law for himself" or 2) "he must appoint someone to write in a scroll a copy of this law for him"`

			`# from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites`

			`"from the copy of the law that the Levitical priests keep"`