20:18 “‘But I said to their children 1 in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 2 nor defile yourselves with their idols. 20:19 I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
1 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
2 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.