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 dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth -- the portion of the field is Boaz's who is of the family of Elimelech.
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,
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 dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
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 dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Hastings
The word (geb
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'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as 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 dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,