14 then you shall inquire and make search and ask ⁱdiligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,

Laws Concerning Israel’s Kings

14 “When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ^z‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’