Deuteronomy 27:17
'Cursed [is] he who is removing his neighbour's border, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
18'Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Cross References
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.
Proverbs 22:28Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Hosea 5:10Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
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 →