Exodus 34:7
Preserving chesed for thousands, forgiving avon and pesha and chatta'ah, and by no means leaving the guilty unpunished; visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim, and upon the bnei banim, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Moshe made haste, and bowed his head toward the ground, and worshiped.
Cross References
Exodus 20:6But showing chesed unto thousands of them that love Me, and are shomer over My mitzvot.
Exodus 23:21Pay heed to him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your peysha'im; for My Shem is in him.
Deuteronomy 5:9Lo tishtachaveh (thou shalt not bow down thyself) unto them, nor serve them; for I Hashem Eloheicha am an El Kannah, visiting the iniquity of the avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me,
Joshua 24:19And Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Ye are not able to serve Hashem; for He is an Elohim Kedoshim; He is an El Kanno (jealous G-d); He will not forgive your paysha'im nor your chattot.
Nehemiah 1:5And said, O Hashem Elohei HaShomayim, HaEl HaGadol v'HaNora, that is shomer habrit vachesed for them that love Him and are shomer mitzvot over His commandments,
Job 10:14If I sin, then Thou art shomer over me, 1 and Thou wilt not let my avon go unpunished. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:6-10
5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord . 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord , The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And… Read the whole commentary →