30 DIDASCALIA. 3 on edge. As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not use this proverb any 4 more in Israel, because all souls are mine ; the soul of the father is mine, thus also the soul of the son is mine ; the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 5, 6 If a man be righteous, and doeth judgment and righteousness, and eateth not upon the mountains, and lifteth not up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and defileth not his neighbour's wife, and cometh 7 not near to a woman in her separation, and hath not acted to any one with f. 19 b violence, and even returneth the pledge of the debtor which he hath taken, 8 and clotheth the naked with a garment, and giveth not out his money to usury, and taketh not with avarice, and withdraweth his hand from iniquity, 9 and judgeth true judgment between man and man, and walketh in my laws, and doeth my statutes and keepeth them ; this is a righteous man, he shall 10 surely live, saith the Lord God. If he beget an evil son who sheddeth blood and doeth murder, and walketh not in the way of his righteous 11 father, and eateth on the mountains, and defileth his neighbour's wife, and 12 oppresseth the poor and needy, robbeth with violence, and returneth not the pledge that he hath taken ; lifteth up his eyes to the idols, doeth 13 iniquity, giveth out his money to usury, and taketh with avarice, he shall not live, because he hath done all this iniquity, he shall surely die, and his i* blood shall be upon him. Now if he beget a son, and he seeth all these sins that his father hath done, and feareth, and doeth not like unto him ; IB and eateth not upon the mountains, and lifteth not up his eyes to the idols 16 of the house of Israel, and defileth not his neighbour's wife, and oppresseth no man, and taketh no pledge, and robbeth not with violence ; and giveth 17 his bread to the hungry, and clotheth the naked with a. garment, and withdraweth his hand from iniquity, and taketh not usury and avaricious gain, and doeth righteousness, and walketh in My laws, he shall not die in is the iniquity of his father, but he shall surely live. But his father, because he hath grievously oppressed, and robbed with violence, and hath not done 19 good to My people, he shall die in his iniquity. And ye say, Why is not the son punished for the iniquity of his father? because the son hath done righteousness and mercy, and hath kept all My commandments and done 20 them, he shall surely live ; and the soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not be recompensed for the sins of his father, and the father shall not be recompensed for the sins of his son ; the righteousness of the righteous f. 20 a 21 shall be upon him. If the wicked man turn from all his iniquity that he hath done, and keep all My commandments, and do judgment and right- 22 eousness, he shall surely live, and shall not die, and all the iniquity that he hath done shall not be remembered unto him, but in the righteousness