Deuteronomy 19:14
דברים י״ט:י״ד
Deuteronomy 19:14
The verse forbids moving a neighbor's landmark. Chazal and later authorities use this as a paradigm for wrongful encroachment on another person's domain, a useful analogy for taking another's intellectual property or credit.
לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבְל֖וּ רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּנְחַ֔ל בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ {ס}
You shall not move your neighbor’s landmarks, set up by previous generations, in the property that will be allotted to you in the land that the ETERNAL your God is giving you to possess.
See also
- Deuteronomy 27:17unverifiedFiled under: Hasagat Gevul - Overstepping the Boundaries of Another's Business
- Bava Batra 21b-22aunverifiedFiled under: Hasagat Gevul - Overstepping the Boundaries of Another's Business
- Bava Batra 21bunverifiedFiled under: Opening Stores Next to Each Other