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Deuteronomy 27:17
17‘Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
Deuteronomy 27:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Context of Deuteronomy 27:17
15‘Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the Lord.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’ 16‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’ 18‘Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’ 19‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:17 word by word
אָר֕וּר מַסִּ֖יג גְּב֣וּל רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:17
- Deuteronomy 19:14“When you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone’s land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property.
- Proverbs 22:28Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers set up by previous generations.
- Proverbs 23:10Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers; don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Removeth his neighbor's landmark - See before on Deuteronomy 19:14; (note), and on Exodus 20:17; (note). And for all the rest of these curses, see the notes on Exodus 20 (note), and the observations at the end of it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Moving a boundary marker to increase one’s own land is the same as stealing. It takes property that belongs to someone else. This action clearly breaks the eighth commandment, which says not to steal (see 5:19; 19:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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