Shoftim 19:14 · unit 1

TT #220 · Parashas Shoftim · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 19:14

The Complete Passuk

לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבְל֖וּ רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּנְחַ֔ל בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

You shall not move your fellow’s boundary marker, which the first ones set, in your inheritance that you will inherit in the land that the Eternal your God is giving you to possess.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 188 / Bava Basra.

TT lemma: לֹא תַסִּיג גְּבוּל רֵעֲךָ.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 188 / Bava Basra

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תַסִּיג גְּבוּל רֵעֲךָ – אַזְהָרָה לְמַסִּיג גְּבוּל.

English: ‘You shall not move your fellow’s boundary marker’ – a prohibition against one who moves a boundary.

On the daf / in context: The verse is the source for the prohibition of hasagat gevul (encroaching on a boundary).

Type of Learning

Derash establishing the prohibition (Sifrei / Bavli) — the language creates a distinct negative commandment.

What Is Learned

It is forbidden to move a neighbor’s boundary marker. This is a distinct prohibition protecting property rights in the Land.