Reference: Landmark
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Fences and walls seem to have been little used in Judea, Mr 2:23, though gardens were sometimes inclosed. The ancient and permanent limits, therefore, of individual property in the open field, Ru 2:3, were marked by trees or heaps of stones at the corners; and as it was easy, by removing these, to encroach on a neighbor's ground, a peculiar form of dishonesty arose, requiring a severe punishment, De 19:14; Pr 22:28; Ho 5:10.
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"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
Easton
a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (De 19:14; 27:17; Pr 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.
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"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
'Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Fausets
A stone or post usually, easily removable, from whence the charges against its removal were needed (De 19:14; 27:16).
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"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Hastings
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"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
'Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
Morish
Anything, as a stone or stake, that marked the boundary of a tribe, or of a man's possession. The moving of such was forbidden by the law. De 19:14; Job 24:2; Pr 22:28; 23:10.
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"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,