If I send wild beasts through the land and it becomes a desolation so that no one passes through on account of the beasts, even if these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. This verse condenses the principle by omitting the names and simply referring to the three men, suggesting that the identity of the righteous intercessors matters less than the fundamental law being established. The formula becomes increasingly formulaic, emphasizing the regularity and inviolability of the principle. Even the most righteous cannot transcend the principle of individual accountability.

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