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.
Ver. 16. He shall not multiply horses.] Lest he be held as our Henry III was, Regni dilapidator, the royal spendthrift.
The Lord hath said.] Not in so many words, but by consequence, when he showed his displeasure against such as would have made them a captain to go back to Egypt. Numbers 14:4 ; Num 14:11