Deuteronomy - 27:17



17 'Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 27:17.

Differing Translations

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Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border,, and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmarks. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Maledictus qui transfert terminum proximi sui, et dicet universus populus, Amen.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Removeth his neighbor's landmark - See before on Deuteronomy 19:14 (note), and on Exodus 20:17 (note). And for all the rest of these curses, see the notes on Exodus 20 (note), and the observations at the end of it.

Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's (k) landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
(k) He condemns all injuries and extortions.

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark,.... Removes it backward, and steals ground, as Jarchi explains it; this is commonly done secretly; see Deuteronomy 19:14,
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.

Out of the way - That misleadeth simple souls, giving them pernicious counsel, either for this life, or for the next.

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