Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deuteronomy 19:14 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 19 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Property Boundaries
“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.”
Deuteronomy 19:14 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark (לֹא תַסִּיג גְּבוּל רֵעֲךָ, lo tasig gevul re'akha)—the verb nasag (נָסַג) means to move back, to encroach. Ancient boundary markers (gevul, גְּבוּל) were typically stone pillars marking inherited land allotments. Moving them was theft disguised as surveying, a crime difficult to prove and easy to commit.The phrase which they of old time have set (אֲשֶׁר גָּבְלוּ רִאשֹׁנִים, asher gavlu rishonim) appeals to ancestral authority—these boundaries were established during Joshua's original land distribution and represent God's sovereign allotment. To ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 19:14
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“which your fathers have set up.”
“Amen.”
“and feed them.”
“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”
“The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.”