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He does not defile his neighbor&#8217s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/18.htm">King James Bible</a> And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/18.htm">New King James Version</a> If he has not eaten on the mountains, Nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife, Nor approached a woman during her impurity; <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> if he does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period— <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor&#8217s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period— <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife, or approach a woman during her menstrual period— <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period— <a href="/amp/ezekiel/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and does not eat [at the pagan shrines] on the mountains or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her [monthly] time of impurity— <a href="/csb/ezekiel/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual impurity. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor&#8217s wife or come near a woman during her menstrual impurity. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity, <a href="/cev/ezekiel/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He refuses to eat meat sacrificed to foreign gods at local shrines or to worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman having her monthly period. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her separation; <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He doesn't eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn't dishonor his neighbor's wife or have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is having her period. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn't seduce another man's wife or have intercourse with a woman during her period. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> if he doesn't eat at mountain shrines, and doesn't look to the idols that have been erected in Israel's house, if he doesn't defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her time of menstrual separation, <a href="/msb/ezekiel/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor?s wife or approach a woman during her period. <a href="/net/ezekiel/18.htm">NET Bible</a> does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period, <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity, <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a polluted woman, <a href="/web/ezekiel/18.htm">World English Bible</a> and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He has not eaten on the mountains, "" And has not lifted up his eyes "" To idols of the house of Israel, "" And did not defile his neighbor’s wife, "" And did not come near to a separated woman, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, And the wife of his neighbour defiled not, And to a separated woman cometh not near, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Not to eat upon the mountains, and not to lift up his eyes to the blocks of the house of Israel, and not to defile his neighbor's wife, and he shall not come near to a woman of uncleanness.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman: <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman, <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/18.htm">New American Bible</a> if he does not eat on the mountains, or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; if he does not defile a neighbor’s wife, or have relations with a woman during her period; <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And has not eaten the meat sacrificed to idols on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols and the altars of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, nor has come near a menstruous woman, <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he does not eat upon the mountains and does not lift his eyes to idols and to the dreaded things of the children of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he has not defiled and he has not touched a woman in her menstruation<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> who shall not eat upon the mountains, and shall not at all lift up his eyes to the devices of the house of Israel, and shall not defile his neighbor's wife, and shall not draw nigh to her that is removed, <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4517" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/18.htm">A Proverb about Israel</a> …5Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: 6<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵāl (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">look</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·nāw (Conj-w:: N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lū·lê (N-mpc) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">the idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: ṭim·mê (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">defile</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">his neighbor’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: yiq·rāḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">approach</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/5079.htm" title="5079: nid·dāh (N-fs) -- Impurity. From nadad; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal or moral.">during her period.</a> 7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Leviticus 18:19-20</a> You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period. / You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her. <a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a> If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death. <a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a> If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29-32</a> They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a> For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; <a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a> Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. <a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a> You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-9.htm">1 Corinthians 5:9-11</a> I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a> But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. <a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32</a> He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a> Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a menstruous woman,not<a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Ezekiel 18:11,15</a> And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, … <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a> Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.<a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a> For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.neither hath lifted<a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm">Ezekiel 18:12,15</a> Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, … <a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7,24</a> Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God… <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Ezekiel 33:25,26</a> Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? … neither hath defiled<a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10,11</a> In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution… <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Leviticus 18:19,20</a> Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness… <a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10,18</a> And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/37-11.htm">Approach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-41.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm">Menstruous</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Approach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Menstruous</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 18</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/18-1.htm">God defends his justice</a> 31. <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">and exhorts to repentance</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>He does not eat at the mountain This phrase refers to the practice of participating in pagan rituals and feasts held at high places, which were often sites of idol worship. In ancient Israel, high places were locations where people would offer sacrifices and engage in religious ceremonies, often contrary to the worship of Yahweh. The prohibition against eating at the mountain underscores the importance of exclusive devotion to God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-4</a>, where God commands the Israelites to destroy such places. This reflects a call to purity and separation from pagan practices.or look to the idols of the house of Israel Idolatry was a persistent issue in Israel's history, leading to spiritual adultery against God. The "idols of the house of Israel" indicates that these were not foreign gods but those adopted by the Israelites themselves, such as the golden calves in <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>. The prophets frequently condemned this practice, emphasizing the need for repentance and return to the worship of the one true God. This phrase highlights the internal corruption and the need for reform within the community of Israel.He does not defile his neighbor’s wife Adultery is explicitly condemned in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14</a>) and is seen as a serious breach of covenantal faithfulness, not only to one's spouse but also to God. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, marriage was a sacred covenant, and violating it was tantamount to breaking faith with God. This phrase underscores the importance of personal integrity and faithfulness in relationships, reflecting God's own faithfulness to His people.or approach a woman during her period This prohibition is rooted in the Levitical laws concerning ritual purity (<a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Leviticus 18:19, 20</a>:18). In the ancient Near Eastern context, such laws were given to maintain the holiness of the community and to set Israel apart from surrounding nations. The emphasis on purity and holiness is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, pointing to the need for a people consecrated to God. This also foreshadows the ultimate purity and holiness found in Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers cleansing from all impurity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet in the Old Testament, Ezekiel was called by God to deliver messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. His prophecies often focused on individual responsibility and the need for personal righteousness. 2. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a> Refers to the collective people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were often admonished for their idolatry and disobedience to God's laws. 3. <a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a> Objects or images worshipped as gods, which were prevalent in the cultures surrounding Israel and often led the Israelites astray from worshipping the one true God. 4. <a href="/topical/n/neighbor's_wife.htm">Neighbor’s Wife</a> This phrase refers to the commandment against adultery, emphasizing the importance of marital fidelity and respect for others' relationships. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mountain.htm">Mountain</a> In this context, it refers to the high places where idol worship often occurred, contrary to the worship of Yahweh.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a> emphasizes the importance of individual accountability in maintaining a righteous life. Each person is responsible for their actions and must choose to follow God's commands. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_idolatry.htm">Avoiding Idolatry</a> The verse warns against idolatry, reminding believers to keep their focus on God and not be swayed by cultural or societal pressures to worship false gods. <a href="/topical/s/sexual_purity.htm">Sexual Purity</a> The call to avoid defiling one's neighbor's wife and other forms of sexual immorality highlights the importance of maintaining purity and honoring God's design for relationships. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a> Believers are encouraged to live holy lives, avoiding practices that defile the body and spirit, and to seek God's guidance in all aspects of life. <a href="/topical/c/community_impact.htm">Community Impact</a> The actions of individuals affect the community. By living righteously, believers contribute to the spiritual health and integrity of the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 18</a> <a href="/q/is_period_sex_acceptable.htm">Is sex during a woman's period acceptable?</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_6_2-3__literal_mountains'_fate.htm">In Ezekiel 6:2-3, how can an address to literal mountains make sense, and is there any historical or archaeological record of a catastrophe specifically targeting these mountains?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_proof_of_ezekiel_6_4-5.htm">Why does Ezekiel 6:4-5 describe a destruction of altars and idols that lacks clear archaeological confirmation of such widespread devastation?</a> <a href="/q/is_child_sacrifice_in_ezekiel_16_20-21_credible.htm">How credible is the depiction of widespread child sacrifice in Ezekiel 16:20-21, given limited archaeological evidence for such practices in Jerusalem?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Eaten upon the mountains.--The various sins here specified are all enumerated again, with others, and charged upon Jerusalem in <a href="/context/ezekiel/22-2.htm" title="Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yes, you shall show her all her abominations.">Ezekiel 22:2-12</a>. The particular of eating upon the mountains is mentioned in <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm" title="Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 18:9</a>, and refers to the feasts in connection with sacrifices to idols which were commonly held in high places. The Lord Himself, indeed, was also worshipped in high places, in express violation of the law (<a href="/context/deuteronomy/12-17.htm" title="You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your corn, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, or heave offering of your hand:">Deuteronomy 12:17-18</a>), but the connection here points to the sacrificial idol-feasts (comp. <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm" title="And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.">Exodus 32:6</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm" title="Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.">1Corinthians 10:7</a>). The lifting up of the eyes to the idols is probably meant to express any longing after them short of actual worship (comp. <a href="/genesis/19-26.htm" title="But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.">Genesis 19:26</a>). The other sins mentioned in this verse were expressly forbidden in the law (<a href="/exodus/20-14.htm" title="You shall not commit adultery.">Exodus 20:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm" title="Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.">Leviticus 18:19</a>), and were to be punished either with death (<a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm" title="And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.">Leviticus 20:10</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm" title="If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away evil from Israel.">Deuteronomy 22:22</a>) or with excommunication (<a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm" title="And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.">Leviticus 20:18</a>). . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>‘He does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no eat אָכָ֔ל (’ā·ḵāl) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the mountain הֶֽהָרִים֙ (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country or look נָשָׂ֔א (nā·śā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the idols גִּלּוּלֵ֖י (gil·lū·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> A log, an idol of the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc He does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no defile טִמֵּ֔א (ṭim·mê) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean his neighbor’s רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> Friend, companion, fellow wife אֵ֤שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female or לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no approach יִקְרָֽב׃ (yiq·rāḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach a woman אִשָּׁ֥ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female during her period. נִדָּ֖ה (nid·dāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> Rejection, impurity, personal, moral <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 18:6 And has not eaten on the mountains (Ezek. 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