Translations
Modern
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Traditional
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Literal
You shall not move a border of your neighbor, which the men of old have set in your inheritance that you will inherit in the land that YHWH your God is giving you to possess.
Latin
Non assumes, et transferes terminos proximi tui, quos fixerunt priores in possessione tua, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in terra quam acceperis possidendam.
Original
Hebrew
English
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Criminal Law and Punishment Deuteronomy, Book of Landmark Neighbor Saul
Topics
Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Not to Move Landmarks Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Property in Real Estate: Landmarks of, not to be Removed