guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and fourth generation” (Exod. 34:6–7; see also Deut. 5:9 and Jer. 32:18). Doesn’t that mean children are held guilty for the sins of their parents? No. In fact, Deuteronomy 24:16 says, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.” The principle underlying that law is given in Ezekiel
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