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All lives are mine; the life of the parent and the life of the child belong to me. Only the one who sins will die.

People are declared innocent when they act justly and responsibly. They don’t eat on the hills or give their attention to the idols of the house of Israel. They don’t defile the wives of their neighbors or approach menstruating women.

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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(A) is the one who will die.(B)

“Suppose there is a righteous man
    who does what is just and right.
He does not eat at the mountain(C) shrines
    or look to the idols(D) of Israel.
He does not defile his neighbor’s wife
    or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.(E)

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