17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-26)When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men , the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of. This they were before directed to do ( Deut. 11:29 , 30 ), and therefore the appointment here begins somewhat abruptly, Deut. 27:12. There were, it seems, in Canaan, that part of…
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