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Deuteronomy 19:14 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 19 · verse 14
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.Deuteronomy 19:14 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 19:14 in context
12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14Thou 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.
15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbour'srêaʻan associateH7453 →
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- landmarkgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- inheritnâchalto inherit mode of descent), or to occupyH5157 →
- removenâçagto retreatH5253 →
- timeriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
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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 men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deu 19:14. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21