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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: <tladatsi AT charter.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] children bear punishment for sins of parents - Examples
  • Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:11:52 +0300

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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