2 Chronicles 25:4
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25:4However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,6 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do,7 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do.8 A man must be executed only for his own sin.”9
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- 6 Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”
- 7 Heb “on account of sons.”
- 8 Heb “on account of fathers.”
- 9 This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
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But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
However, he did not put their children to death, because—as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded—“Fathers are not to die because of children, and children are not to die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the Lord as written by Moses in the Book of the Law: “Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the law, in the scroll of Moses, where Yahweh commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death on account of the sons, and the sons shall not be put to death on account of the fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
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