Deuteronomy 19:14

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

12If he does that, the leaders of his own town must fetch him back. They must bring him to the dead person's relative. He must die as his punishment. 13Do not be sorry for him. You must punish murderers with death. Then Israel will not be guilty of evil acts. If you do that, everything will be well for you. When you go to live in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you, each family will receive their piece of land. You must never move the stones that show the edge of your neighbour's land. It has always belonged to them. 15If only one person says that he has seen someone do something wrong, that is not enough. There must be at least two or three people who saw the sin. Then the judge may say that the person is guilty. 16Somebody may accuse another person because he wants to hurt him. He tells lies against him.

Deuteronomy 19:14 word by word

לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבְל֖וּ רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּנְחַ֔ל בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not removeנָסַגnâsag · to removeH5253
• thy neighbour’sרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• landmarkגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• which they of old timeרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• have setגָּבַלgâbal · to borderH1379
• in thine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• which thou shalt inheritנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:14

• Deuteronomy 27:17‘God will curse anyone who moves the stones at the edge of his neighbour's land.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
• Job 24:2Wicked men move the stones that show the edge of their neighbour's land. They take their neighbour's land and his sheep for themselves.
• Proverbs 22:284. Do not move any stone that shows the border of your land. Your ancestors put it there to stop arguments.
• Proverbs 23:1010. Never move a stone that has always shown the border of someone's land. Do not take for yourself the fields of people who have no family to help them.
• Hosea 5:10The leaders of Judah are not honest. They are like people who move the stones that show the edge of their land. So I will punish them with my strong anger.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 19:14

• Landmarks
• Property

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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