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NASB | Numbers 33:55 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Numbers 33:55 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, and they will attack you in the land in which you live. |
Bible Question: In Ezekiel 18:20, God promise' us that the Children shall not bear the sin of the parents neither shall the parents, the children. My question then is, why did He destroy the children along with the parents in some of the cities that were His enemies? |
Bible Answer: Scripture ... Exo 23:23-25; Num 33:52-56; Deu 20:16-18 ... You asked "Why did He destroy the children along with the parents in some of the cities that were His enemies?" In Exodus 23:23, God said He would destroy them and they "shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces. But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst" (vv 24-25). Numbers 33:55 gives a clear answer to the question. Think about Sodom and Gomorrah. There were not even ten righteous within the city of Sodom. I believe that includes the children. So God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 18:20-19:28). There was an influence on Lot’s wife (Gen 19:26). "Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed" (1 Cor 5:7). Searcher |