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 remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the landmark: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
And it came to pass, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, 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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You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not 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 remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Hastings
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You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the landmark: 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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You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: