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Don`t move the ancient boundary stone. Don`t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
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Protecting Property and the Poor
Commentators explain that this verse combines a general prohibition against moving property boundaries with a specific application to the most vulnerable: the fatherless. The command forbids not only moving landmarks but also stealing produce or annexing the land of those who cannot defend themselves.
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19th Century
Anglican
Remove not the old landmark. —See above, on Proverbs 22:28.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Remove not the old landmark (See Gill on Proverbs 22:28); and enter not into the fields of the fatherless ; to c…
Presbyterian
The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will defend them; and he is mighty, almighty.
