Shoftim 19:14 · unit 2

TT #221 · 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.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר גָּבְלוּ רִאשׁוֹנִים.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 188

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר גָּבְלוּ רִאשׁוֹנִים – בִּימֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.

English: ‘Which the first ones set’ – in the days of Yehoshua.

On the daf / in context: The original division under Yehoshua is the baseline.

Type of Learning

Derash on the original allotment (Sifrei) — the ‘first ones’ are those who divided the Land at the conquest.

What Is Learned

The boundaries fixed at the time of the original inheritance under Yehoshua may not be altered by later generations.