IDutheronomi 17:14-20

“Lapho usufikile ezweni uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona ukuba ulidle, uhlale kulo, bese uthi: ‘Ngizozibekela inkosi ingibuse njengazo zonke izizwe ezingizungezile,’ uyombeka nokumbeka akubuse, uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ayakumkhetha; uyobeka omunye wabafowenu abe yinkosi, akubuse, ukuze ungabeki owezizwe, ongesiye umfowenu. Kodwa akumele abe namahhashi amaningi, futhi angababuyiseli abantu eGibhithe, ukuze athole amahhashi amaningi. Ngokuba uSimakade ushilo kini, wathi: ‘Anisayukubuyela ngaleyo ndlela.’ Akayukuthola abafazi abaningi, funa inhliziyo yakhe ihlubuke, futhi angabi nesiliva negolide eliningi. “Kuyothi lapho ehlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, azilobele ifuzela lalo mthetho, ethathisela emqulwini okubaphristi abangabaLevi. Liyohlala kuye, alifunde zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, ukuze afunde ukumesaba uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakhe. Awagcine wonke amazwi omthetho kaSimakade, enze lezi zimiso, angaziboni engcono kunabafowabo, angaphambuki emiyalweni aye ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo, ukuze zande izinsuku zakhe embusweni wakhe, yena nabantwana bakhe, phakathi kuka-Israyeli.”