Ezekiel 18:10

“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,

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If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

In Context

9has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.

11or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

Exodus 22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

Numbers 35:31“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.

John 18:40Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:2-10

Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 593.) 1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that… Read the whole commentary →

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