border, bound, coast, landmark

“Coast” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(rib). Often used as border or boundary (Judg. 11:20²⁰But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Judges 11:20); 1 Sam. 5:6⁶But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. (1 Samuel 5:6); Matt. 8:34³⁴And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. (Matthew 8:34)).

“Landmarks” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Were trees, stones, towns, mountains, streams

Removal forbidden (Deut. 19:14¹⁴Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. (Deuteronomy 19:14); Prov. 22:28²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. (Proverbs 22:28)).

“Coast” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

A term in scripture signifying any “border,” inland as well as near the sea, it also may imply large districts (Ex. 10:4⁴Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: (Exodus 10:4); Josh. 1:4⁴From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. (Joshua 1:4); 1 Kings 1:3³So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. (1 Kings 1:3)).

“Landmark” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

Anything, as a stone or stake, that marked the boundary of a tribe, or of a man’s possession. The moving of such was forbidden by the law (Deut. 19:14¹⁴Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. (Deuteronomy 19:14); Job 24:2²Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. (Job 24:2); Prov. 22:28²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. (Proverbs 22:28); Prov. 23:10¹⁰Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: (Proverbs 23:10)).

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Ancient boundary line at Raffah, between Egypt and Palestine.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1367 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

gbuwlah

Phonic:

gheb-oo-law’

Meaning:

or (shortened) gbulah {gheb-oo-law'}; feminine of 1366; a boundary, region

KJV Usage:

border, bound, coast, landmark. place

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

Deuteronomy 19:14¹⁴Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. (Deuteronomy 19:14). Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance.

In the East the fields of different owners are not marked by fences, as with us, but the boundaries are indicated by heaps of small stones, or by a ridge, or by posts, or by single stones set upright about a rod apart. It is easy for a dishonest man to remove these landmarks, little by little each year, and thus gradually encroach upon his neighbor. This practice is alluded to in Job 24:2²Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. (Job 24:2), and is forbidden in Proverbs 22:28²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. (Proverbs 22:28) and 23:10 as in our text. A curse was pronounced upon those who removed landmarks (Deut. 27:17¹⁷Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deuteronomy 27:17)). A figurative allusion is made to this crime in Hosea 5:10¹⁰The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. (Hosea 5:10).

Not only the Jews, but other ancient nations, especially the Romans, had stringent laws against the removal of landmarks. In the British Museum are two or three very curious Babylonian monuments which are supposed to have been landmarks, and to be covered with curses on those who remove them. One of them is of marble, in shape of a massive fish. On the head is the figure of a serpent, and various other characters; and on the sides, in arrow-headed letters, are the curses.