Thou shalt not [a]bow down to them, neither serve them: for I am the Lord thy God, a [b]jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third generation and upon the fourth of them that hate me:

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:5 By this outward gesture, all kinds of service and worship to idols is forbidden.
  2. Exodus 20:5 And will be revenged on the contemners of mine honor.

You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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Reserving mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression and sin, and not [a]making the wicked innocent, (A)visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon children’s children, unto the third and fourth generation.

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  1. Exodus 34:7 Hebrew, not making innocent.

maintaining love to thousands,(A) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(B) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(C) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(D)

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