Shoftim 19:14 · unit 3

TT #222 · 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 Bava Basra 99b–100a.

TT lemma: בְּנַחֲלָתְךָ.

Sefaria — Bava Basra 99b–100a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּנַחֲלָתְךָ – בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

English: ‘In your inheritance’ – in the Land of Israel.

On the daf / in context: The full force of the prohibition is in Eretz Yisrael.

Type of Learning

Derash on territorial scope (Bavli) — the verse links the prohibition to the inherited land.

What Is Learned

The prohibition of moving a boundary marker applies with special force to the inherited portions in Eretz Yisrael.