Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shall not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shall inherit, in the land that LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Hosea 5:10The rulers of Judah are like those who remove the landmark. I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →