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NASB | Exodus 20:4 ¶ "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:4 ¶ "You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship]. |
Bible Question: When Exeodus 20:4 says, "I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected-even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. " Is there a verse that clears a person of this principle if the walk in faith and obedience? |
Bible Answer: Interesting question... Some actually say Ezekiel 18:20, which says that “a son himself will bear nothing because of the error of the father,” contradicts Exodus 20:5, which says that God brings “punishment for the error of fathers upon sons”? There is no contradiction. One statement focuses on the individual’s accountability, and the other acknowledges the reality that a person’s error may have consequences affecting his descendants. The context of Ezekiel chapter 18 shows that personal accountability is being stressed. “The soul that is sinning—it itself will die,” states verse 4. What about a man who is “righteous and he has executed justice and righteousness”? “He will positively keep living.” (Ezek. 18:5, 9) Thus, after reaching an age of accountability, each individual is judged “according to his ways.”—Ezek. 18:30. |
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