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‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Verse 17. Landmarks, contrary to the prohibition, Calmet. 19:14. The Rabbins say that Cain first adopted such distinctions. The ancient Greeks placed little pillars at the end of their fields, with the name of the owner engraven upon them. Pollux, iii. 9.—All Thrace was divided in this manner. Xenophon, Anab.
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