Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 19:14

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14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old have set in thine inheritance —The state of Palestine in regard to enclosures is very much the same now as it has always been. Though gardens and vineyards are surrounded by dry-stone walls or hedges of prickly pear, the boundaries of arable fields are marked by nothing but by a little trench, a small cairn, or a single erect stone, placed at certain intervals. It is manifest that a dishonest person could easily fill the gutter with earth, or remove these stones a few feet without much risk of detection and so enlarge his own field by a stealthy encroachment on his neighbor's. This law, then, was made to prevent such trespasses. :- . TWO WITNESSES REQUIRED. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

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