Deuteronomy 24:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
16 Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes may persons be put to death.
17 You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge. 18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.
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Deuteronomy 24:16-18
King James Version
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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Deuteronomy 24:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 (B)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, (C)or take a widow's garment in pledge, 18 but (D)you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.
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