Ezekiel 18:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

Not

1 Corinthians 10:20

Neither hath lifted

Neither hath defiled

General references

Leviticus 15:24

Leviticus 18:19

Ezekiel 18:15

Bible References

Not

that his father never did. He eats at the illegal mountain worship sites. He dishonors his neighbor's wife.

Then you will know that I am Jehovah. Those who are killed will lie beside the idols around their altars. They will lie on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every large tree and every leafy oak. These are the places where they made offerings to their disgusting idols.

I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.

Your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. They eat sacrifices offered to idols. They always satisfy their lusts.

Otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land. They would commit spiritual immorality (fornication) with their gods and sacrifice to their gods. Someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice.

The Moabites invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.

But I say, that the things that the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

Neither hath lifted

He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

I told them to throw away the disgusting idols they loved and not to make themselves unclean with the false gods of Egypt. I am Jehovah their God.

Tell them: 'The Lord Jehovah says: You eat meat with blood in it. You look to your idols for help. You murder people. Should the land be given to you?

Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains from where my help comes.

To You I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Neither hath defiled

Some of them sleep with their father's wife. Some force women to have intercourse with them during their period.

Never have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is unclean during her monthly period.

If a man commits adultery with the wife of an Israelite, both he and the woman should be put to death.

If a man is caught having sexual intercourse with another mans wife, then both of them shall die! Both the man and the woman committing adultery must be killed. Thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.

However, I tell you that whoever looks at a woman with lustful thoughts commits adultery with her in his heart.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

General references

If a man has sexual intercourse with her while she has her period, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will become unclean.

Never have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is unclean during her monthly period.

He does not eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He does not dishonor his neighbor's wife.