"Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.I think this is a wonderful tradition to have. One of the best ways to learn something is to have to write it out. Given the detail required to copy the Law at the time, it had to be exact, too, so the king had to be paying attention to what he was doing. That means he would really have to read it carefully, and probably multiple times as he went back and forth.
Imagine if we had this today. What would churches be like today if every pastor had to hand-copy the entire Bible? Do you think we would get richer sermons for it? Or how about politicians, if they had to hand-copy the entire legal code by the end of their first term? The lawbook would be a lot shorter, that's for sure.
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