That will by no means clear the guilty] i.e. will not allow the guilty to pass unpunished. The same words are rendered in Exodus 20:7; 'will not hold him guiltless,' and in Jeremiah 30:11; 'will not leave unpunished.' Visiting the iniquity of the fathers] see on Exodus 20:5.

12-17. The warning against idolatry is solemnly repeated, and the people are forbidden to make covenant or intermarry with their idolatrous neighbours in Canaan. See on Exodus 23:32 and on Numbers 25:16.

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