Holy Scripture

Exodus 34:7

A church father on this verse
“What does it mean that the Lord now says through Moses, "You visit the iniquity of fathers on their sons and grandsons"? In these two passages a different sense is found, but the mind of the hearer is taught to inquire subtly along the path of discernment. We inherit original sin from our parents, and unless we are wa…”
Paterius, 7th c. — EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, EXODUS 60

Source: Septuagint

Original

7and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity, and unrighteousness, and sins; and he will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.

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5And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called by the name of the Lord.

6And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, long-suffering and very compassionate, and true,

— Exodus 34:7 —

8And Moses hastened, and bowed to the earth and worshiped;

9and said, If I have found grace before thee, let my Lord go with us; for the people is stiff-necked: and thou shalt take away our sins and our iniquities, and we will be thine.

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