unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/17/14.md

# General Information:

Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.

# When you have come to the land

The word "come to" can be translated as "gone to" or "entered." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-go]])

# then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,' then

This has a quotation within a quotation. A direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "then you decide that you want a king just like the peoples of the nations that surround you have kings, then" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# I will set a king over myself ... round about me

Moses has the people speaking as if they were one person. It may be more natural to translate this with plural pronouns. AT: "We will set over ourselves ... round about us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])

# set a king over myself

Giving someone the authority to rule as king in Israel is spoken of as if the people were setting the person in a place above them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# all the nations that are round about me

"all the surrounding nations"

# all the nations

Here "nations" represent the people who live in the nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])