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King James Pr 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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LANDMARK Fences and walls seem to have been little used in Judea, Mr 2:23, though gardens were sometimes inclosed. The ancient and permanent limits, therefore, of individual property in the open field, Ru 2:3, were marked by trees or heaps of stones at the corners; and as it was easy, by removing these, to encroach on a neighbor's ground, a peculiar form of dishonesty arose, requiring a severe punishment, De 19:14 Pr 22:28 Ho 5:10.
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