Negative Commandment #472 of 613
Do not move a boundary marker to steal someone's property
Commandment #472 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 19:14, classified under Courts, Crimes, and Punishments in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.”
— Deuteronomy 19:14
Hebrew
יד לֹא תַסִּיג גְּבוּל רֵעֲךָ, אֲשֶׁר גָּבְלוּ רִאשֹׁנִים--בְּנַחֲלָתְךָ, אֲשֶׁר תִּנְחַל, בָּאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
14 Οὐ μετακινήσεις ὅρια τοῦ πλησίον σου, ἃ ἔστησαν οἱ πατέρες σου ἐν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ σου, ᾗ κατεκληρονομήθης ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι ἐν κλήρῳ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #522
- Mishneh Torah
- InjuriesTheft
Related Commandments in “Courts, Crimes, and Punishments”
#131: The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden
Exodus 22:16
#464: The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating
Exodus 22:5
#465: The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit
Exodus 21:33
#466: The court must judge the damages incurred by fire
Exodus 22:6
#468: The court must implement punitive measures against a thief
Exodus 22:1
#469: Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate
Leviticus 19:36
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