Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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Bible References

The fathers

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine. Like as the father is mine, so is the son mine also. The soul that sinneth, shall die.

General references

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.