Proverbs 23:10
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- 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.
Deuteronomy 19:14
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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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- 19:14 Move your neighbor’s boundary markers: a prohibition against furtively extending one’s property by moving a neighbor’s boundary stone.
Deuteronomy 27:17
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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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