Deuteronomy 19:14

'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

15'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:13as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

Job 24:2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

Proverbs 23:10Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

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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