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Wisdom of Ben Sira 23:24-26
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 23:24-26
New Catholic Bible
24 [a]She will be presented before the assembly for judgment,
and her punishment will extend to her children.
25 Her children will not strike root,
nor will her branches bear fruit.
26 She will leave behind an accursed memory,
and her disgrace will never be effaced.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 23:24 It was the assembly that passed judgment on the illegitimacy of children born of adultery or incest and excluded them from the “assembly of the Lord” (Deut 23:3). See also Wis 3:16-19; 4:3-6.