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Every ·living thing [soul] belongs to me. The ·life [soul] of the ·parent [father] is mine, and the ·life [soul] of the child is mine. The ·person [soul] who sins is the one who will die.

“Suppose a ·person [man] is good and does what is ·fair [just] and right. He does not eat ·at the mountain places of worship [L upon the mountains; C at pagan worship sites]. He does not ·look for help [L lift his eyes] to the idols of [L the house of] Israel. He does not ·have sexual relations with [L defile] his neighbor’s wife or ·with [L come near; C a euphemism for sexual relations] a woman during her time of ·monthly bleeding [impurity; Lev. 18:19].

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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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