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Does God punish people for their ancestors' sins or not?

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Exodus 20:5 (NASB) says, > You shall not worship [idols] or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, But Ezekiel 18:20 (NASB) says > The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. How are these two passages reconciled?
Asked by Jeff (2143 rep)
Apr 21, 2015, 06:00 PM
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