American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 19:14
14Thou 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.
Deuteronomy 19:14 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Context of Deuteronomy 19:14
12then 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. 13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 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. 15One 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 a matter be established. 16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
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לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבְל֖וּ רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּנְחַ֔ל בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear
- neighbor’sרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
- timeרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
- setנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- inheritנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:14
- Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Job 24:2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
- Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark - Before the extensive use of fences, landed property was marked out by stones or posts, set up so as to ascertain the divisions of family estates. It was easy to remove one of these landmarks, and set it in a different place; and thus the dishonest man enlarged his own estate by contracting that of his neighbor. The termini or landmarks among the Romans were held very sacred, and were at last deified. To…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14As a man‘s life is to be held sacred, so are his means of livelihood; and in this connection a prohibition is inserted against removing a neighbor‘s landmark: compare the marginal references.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 Direction is given to fix landmarks in Canaan. It is the will of God that every one should know his own; and that means should be used to hinder the doing and suffering of wrong. This, without doubt, is a moral precept, and still binding. Let every man be content with his own lot, and be just to his neighbours in all things.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old have set in thine inheritance--The state of Palestine in regard to enclosures is very much the same now as it has always been. Though gardens and vineyards are surrounded by dry-stone walls or hedges of prickly pear, the boundaries of arable fields are marked by nothing but by a little trench, a small cairn, or a single erect stone, placed at certain intervals. It is manifest that a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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