Deuteronomy 19:14

Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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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.

In Context

13Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:13But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

Job 24:2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

Proverbs 23:10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:2-14

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 And this is the case of… Read the whole commentary →

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