Exodus 20:5-6

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⁵You 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, ⁶but showing love to a thousand^(E) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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Numbers 14:18

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¹⁸‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.^(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’^(B)

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Numbers 14:18 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 5:9-10

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⁹You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents^(A) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,^(B) ¹⁰but showing love to a thousand^(C) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.^(D)

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Exodus 7:9-10

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⁹“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,^(A)’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”^(B)

¹⁰So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.

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