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description: "Provision is here made for the anticipated enlargement of the borders of Israel to the utmost limits promised by God, from the river of Egypt to the Euphr"
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Provision is here made for the anticipated enlargement of the borders of Israel to the utmost limits promised by God, from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates ([Genesis 15:18](../../../kjv/genesis/15/18), note; [Exodus 23:31](../../../kjv/exodus/23/31), note). This promise, owing to the sins of the people, did not receive its fulfillment until after David had conquered the Philistines, Syrians, etc.; and this but a transient one, for many of the conquered peoples regained independence on the dissolution of Solomon’s empire.

As a man’s life is to be held sacred, so are his means of livelihood; and in this connection a prohibition is inserted against removing a neighbor’s landmark: compare the marginal references.

**Testify against him that which is wrong -**Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used [Deuteronomy 13:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/5) to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law.

**Both the men, between whom the controversy is -**Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare [Exodus 23:1](../../../kjv/exodus/23/1)) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in [Deuteronomy 17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17), at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God’s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him.

See the marginal references.

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