Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say: Amen.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou 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.
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like them that 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 →