Deuteronomy 19:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 the elders of the killer’s own city shall send and have the killer taken from there, to be handed over to the avenger of blood and slain. 13 Do not show pity, but purge from Israel the innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.(A)
Removal of Landmarks. 14 You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary markers[a] erected by your forebears in the heritage that will be allotted to you in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess.(B)
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- 19:14 Move your neighbor’s boundary markers: a prohibition against furtively extending one’s property by moving a neighbor’s boundary stone.
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