Deuteronomy 19:14
12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- WEB
- You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor`s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have fixed in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.
- BLB
- You shall not move a border of your neighbor, which the men of old have set in your inheritance that you will inherit in the land that YHWH your God is giving you to possess.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke flytte merkesteinene mellom deg og din neste, de som de gamle har satt på den jord du skal få i arv i det land Herren din Gud gir deg til eie.
- OTB
- Flytt ikke din nabos grensestein som dine forfedre har satt i arven du mottar i landet Herren din Gud gir deg til eie.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke flytte merkestenene mellem dig og din næste, de som de gamle har satt på den jord du skal få i arv i det land Herren din Gud gir dig til eie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read in contextHosea 5:10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Read in contextJob 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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