DEUTERONOMY 24:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes shall persons be put to death — the law overrides the collective punishment logic sometimes found in other ancient Near Eastern codes. Individual moral accountability before God is foundational: each person bears responsibility only for their own actions.
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