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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Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
So she went her way, and came, and gleaned in the field, after the reapers, - and it happened to her, to light upon the portion of field-land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.
The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.
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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Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Cured, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
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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Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Hastings
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Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Cured, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.
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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Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;