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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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Removal of Landmarks. 14 You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary markers[a] erected by your forebears in the heritage that will be allotted to you in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:14 Move your neighbor’s boundary markers: a prohibition against furtively extending one’s property by moving a neighbor’s boundary stone.

14 Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.(A)

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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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