KJV King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 19:14
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 19
11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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.
14 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;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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לֹ֤אH3808 · lonotתַסִּיג֙H5253 · na.sagto removeגְּב֣וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryרֵֽעֲךָ֔H7453 · re.aneighborאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichגָּבְל֖וּH1379 · ga.valto borderרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםH7223 · ri.shonfirstבְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙H5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichתִּנְחַ֔לH5157 · na.chalto inheritבָּאָ֕רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodנֹתֵ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ סH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess
Cross-references
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.Job 24:2[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.Proverbs 23:10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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