Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed is he that removes his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
16Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
18Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the old + 22:28 Gr. eternal.landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
Hosea 5:10The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as 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 →