Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

Jack:

You might want to read commentaries. The punishment you mentioned refers
only to idolatry, and Maimonides explains why four generations: the most
distant kin polluted by communication with idolater.

Vadim Cherny


> > 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.
>
> Here:
>
> Exd 34:7 I show this unfailing love to many thousands by
> forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not
> leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the
> sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."
>
> Likewise Exd 20:5, Deu: 23:8, Num 14:18, Deu 5:9 - that is
> just the third and fourth generation.  Deu 23:2-3 goes into
> the 10th generation.
>
>
> Jack Tladatsi
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