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 shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
And she went and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and it came to pass that her lot was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
The princes of Judah were like those that move the boundaries; therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
And it came to pass that as he went through the planted fields again on the sabbath day, his disciples began, as they walked, to pluck the ears of grain.
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 shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Cursed is he that reduces his neighbour's border. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance 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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Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Cursed is he that dishonours his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Hastings
The word (geb
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Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Cursed is he that reduces his neighbour's border. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
The princes of Judah were like those that move the boundaries; therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them 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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Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour's border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless: