20:18 “‘But I said to their children 3 in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 4 nor defile yourselves with their idols.
1 sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.
2 sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.
3 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
4 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.