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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Deuteronomy 24:16

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Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Not put to death - If the one be free from the guilt of the others sin, except in those cases where the sovereign Lord of life and death, before whom none is innocent, hath commanded it, as Deu. 13:1-18; Jos 7:24. For though God do visit the father's sins upon the children, Exo 20:5, yet he will not suffer men to do so. Deuteronomy 24:17
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