Ezekiel 18:6-7

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ¹  or pray to the idols ²  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ³  woman during her period, 18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, ⁴  does not commit robbery, ⁵  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

Ezekiel 18:11-13

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them). ⁶  He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, ⁷  defiles his neighbor’s wife, 18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy, ⁸  commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to ⁹  idols, performs abominable acts, 18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. ¹⁰  He will bear the responsibility for his own death. ¹¹ 

[18:6]  ¹ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ² tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ³ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

[18:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

[18:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

[18:11]  ⁷ sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

[18:12]  ⁸ sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).

[18:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”

[18:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

[18:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”