Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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Gill's Exposition
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth,.... Whether capital sins, or pecuniary debts; or whatsoever sins a man may be guilty of…
Barnes' Notes
As a man’s life is to be held sacred, so are his means of livelihood; and in this connection a prohibition is inserted against removing a neighbor’s landmark: compare the marginal references.
Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and…
Cambridge Bible
Against Removing Boundary Stones
In the Sg. address, but as in Deu 19:19 f., 11 and Deu 15:2, q.v., with neighbourinstead of brother, usual in Sg. passages; and followed by a deuteronomic formula. It…
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