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17 “Cursed be anyone who moves a neighbor’s boundary markers!”(A) And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

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17 “Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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People remove landmarks;
    they steal herds and pasture them.

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There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)

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28 Do not remove the ancient landmark[a]
    that your ancestors set up.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:28 Landmark: marks the boundary of property. To remove it is the equivalent of stealing land. A similar warning is contained in 23:10.

Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    set up by your ancestors.

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10 Do not remove the ancient landmark,(A)
    nor invade the fields of the fatherless;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:10 In Israel ownership of property and other legal rights were vested mainly in the father as head of the family; thus the widow and fatherless child were vulnerable, left prey to those who would exploit them.

Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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10 The princes of Judah have become
    like those who move a boundary line;[a](A)
Upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:10 Move a boundary line: invasion by Judah (v. 8) is compared to a case of social injustice (Dt 19:14; 27:17; Prv 23:10–11).

10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(A)
I will pour out my wrath(B) on them
    like a flood of water.

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