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## Deuteronomy 17:23 in Context (Verses 20–20 KJV)
 
 [20 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/17/20) That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, *to* the right hand, or *to* the left: to the end that he may prolong *his* days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
 
[Deuteronomy 16](/kjv/deuteronomy/16) [Deuteronomy 18](/kjv/deuteronomy/18)

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