Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>]

Ezekiel 18 explains very clearly how this punishment
works.

In the case of Achan, we do not know the role played
by members of his family, the item was found in his
tent and his family lived in that tent.  Eventhough
nothing is said about Achan's family's role in this,
based on Ezekiel 18, I would assume that they did play
some role and therefore received the punishment.

Best,
Sujata

--- Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Chris wrote:-
> 
> >No where in the bible do we read about the children
> being punished for
> >the sins of the fathers.  And I would vehemently
> challenge anyone to show
> >this.
> 
> How then do you understand Joshua 7? Achan takes
> devoted material,
> Achan and his children are stoned to death, their
> bodies are
> burned and YHWH turns from his anger. It sure looks
> like the children
> got punished for the sin of their father.
> 
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