Shoftim 19:14 · unit 5

TT #224 · 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 100a.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר תִּנְחַל בָּאָרֶץ.

Sefaria — Bava Basra 100a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר תִּנְחַל בָּאָרֶץ – לְאַחַר יְרֻשָּׁה.

English: ‘That you will inherit in the land’ – after the inheritance is established.

On the daf / in context: The prohibition operates once the portions are fixed.

Type of Learning

Derash on the timing (Bavli) — the law applies after the initial division is complete.

What Is Learned

Once the inheritance is assigned, altering the boundary markers is forbidden.