Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession. which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.
Proverbs 22:28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
Hosea 5:10The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: 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 →