Deuteronomy 27:17 meaning and explanation
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:17, Berean Standard Bible
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In this verse the Levites are pronouncing a curse on Mount Ebal as Israel prepares to enter the promised land. A boundary stone marked the edge of a family's inherited land, so moving it was a quiet way of stealing from a neighbor, especially from the vulnerable.
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