Deuteronomy 19:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deut. 19:14. 1. Here is an implicit direction given to the first planters of Canaan to fix land-marks, according to the distribution of the land to the several tribes and families by lot. Note, It is the will of God that every one should know his own,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark ,.... By which one man's land is distinguished from another; for so to do is to injure a man's property, and alienate his lands to the use of another, which must be a very great evil, and render those that do it obnoxious to a curse, Deuteronomy 27:17 . which they of old have set in thine inheritance, which thou shall inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it ; the land of Canaan: this is thought to refer to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark - Before the extensive use of fences, landed property was marked out by stones or posts, set up so as to ascertain the divisions of family estates. It was easy to remove one of these landmarks, and set it in a different place; and thus the dishonest man enlarged his own estate by contracting that of his neighbor. The termini or landmarks among the Romans were held very sacred, and were at last deified. To these termini Numa Pompillus... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

Verse 14 A kind of theft is here condemned which is severely punished by the laws of Rome; (105) for that every one’s property may be secure, it is necessary that the land-marks set up for the division of fields should remain untouched, as if they were sacred. He who fraudulently removes a landmark is already convicted by this very act, because he disturbs the lawful owner in his quiet possession of the land; (106) whilst he who advances further the boundaries of his own land to his neighbor’s... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

To the ordinance concerning cities of refuge Moses appends one prohibiting the removing of landmarks; if these had been placed by a man's ancestors to mark the boundaries of possessions, they were not to be surreptitiously altered. Landmarks were held sacred, and a curse is pronounced against those who remove them ( Deuteronomy 27:7 ; cf. Job 24:2 ; Proverbs 22:28 ; Proverbs 23:10 ; Hosea 5:10 ). Among other nations also landmarks were regarded as sacred. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

They of old time ; i . e . those of a former age. The word does not necessarily imply that the age described as "former" was removed at a great distance in the past; it might designate men of the immediately preceding age. The LXX . have here οἱ πατέρες , and the Vulgate priores . That the law here given was uttered whilst Israel was yet outside of Canaan, is evident from what follows in this verse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

Removing the landmark. 1. A dishonest act. 2. A deceitful act. 3. A covetous act. 4. An injurious act. Nothing would as a rule be more keenly resented than this mean attempt to rob the owner of land of a bit of his ancient possession.—J.O. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

Caution against fraud. Nothing that concerns man's welfare and joy is beneath God's care. The vast extent of his kingdom hinders not his guardianship ever every minute interest of his creatures. Even landmarks, boundary stones, are under his protection. I. GOD IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE ABSOLUTE PROPRIETOR OF ALL THINGS . As the Creator and Upholder of the universe, he has supreme claim to this solid globe. "The earth is the Lord's" Nor has he ever parted with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

The law of retaliation. When we consider "retaliation," we find that it is the converse of the "golden rule." In fact, it is giving back to a person his breach of that rule to see how he likes it. It is just a rough method of teaching rude, selfish souls that there is retribution in all selfish practices; the gun may be fired maliciously, but it sooner or later lays the sportsman in the dust. Now, it is morally right that those who do to others as they do not wish others to do to them... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

As a man’s life is to be held sacred, so are his means of livelihood; and in this connection a prohibition is inserted against removing a neighbor’s landmark: compare the marginal references. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 19:14

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