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# General Information:
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Moses is still speaking to the people of Israel.
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# You must not remove your neighbor's landmark
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "You must not take land away from your neighbor by moving the markers on the borders of his land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# they set in place
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"that your ancestors placed"
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# a long time ago
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Moses means that when the people have lived in the land for a long time, they should not move the borders that their ancestors made when they first took the land.
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# in your inheritance that you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess
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Yahweh giving the land to the people of Israel is spoken of as if they were inheriting the land. Alternate translation: "in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you to possess" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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