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Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins that shall die.

If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right— if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period,

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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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