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Deuteronomy 27:17

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Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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  1. Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 1 from verse 17
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    14¶ 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.

  2. Proverbs 22:28Rank 2 from verse 17
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    28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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    10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

    11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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Deuteronomy 27:17

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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