c. AD 94

J. AJ 4.225

The Antiquities of the Jews 4.225

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

4.225

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

22518. Let it not be esteemed lawful to remove boundaries, neither our own, nor of those with whom we are at peace. Have a care you do not take those landmarks away which are, as it were, a divine and unshaken limitation of rights made by God himself, to last for ever; since this going beyond limits, and gaining ground upon others, is the occasion of wars and seditions; for those that remove boundaries are not far off an attempt to subvert the laws.