Deuteronomy 24:16-18

The Message

¹⁶ Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. Each person shall be put to death for his own sin.

^17-18 Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don’t take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan. Don’t ever forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and God, your God, got you out of there. I command you: Do what I’m telling you.