Discovery BoxEzekiel 18:11 
Context18:11 (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
Context18:15 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,
Ezekiel 22:9
Context22:9 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
1 tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.
2 sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.
3 tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”
4 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.
5 sn 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.
