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Syntax of Righteous Restraint: Ezekiel 18:6 as a Moral Sentence Structure

אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ לֹ֣א אָכָ֔ל וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔א אֶל־גִּלּוּלֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֶת־אֵ֤שֶׁת רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ לֹ֣א טִמֵּ֔א וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֥ה נִדָּ֖ה לֹ֥א יִקְרָֽב׃ (Ezekiel 18:6) To the mountains he did not eat, and his eyes he did not lift to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he did not defile, and to a woman in her impurity he does not approach. The Syntax of Not Doing Ezekiel 18:6 is part of a larger legal-moral catalogue describing the behaviors of the righteous individual.… Learn Hebrew
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