Thematic Bible: Protected from fraudulent removal
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“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
The princes of Judah are like those who
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.
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