Ezekiel 18:11

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them).¹ He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains,² defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Ezekiel 18:15

18:15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you.³ Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains;⁴ they commit obscene acts among you.⁵

¹tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

²sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

³tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”

⁴tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.

⁵sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.