Deuteronomy 1:39
What is written? (ESV)
And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
What does it say?
The little ones/children have no knowledge of good or evil.
What is its immediate context?
Moses is conveying God’s instruction that the people will wander in the desert for forty years instead of entering the Promised Land. Their generation will die there. However, their children (the next generation) are innocent and will inherit the Land.
How Deuteronomy 1:39 is applied across Bible answers
Is baptism for infants or children?
A generational divide is made between those who bear guilt (are accountable) and those who are innocent (are not accountable).
Is there a specific age of accountability?
A generational divide is made between those who bear guilt (are accountable) and those who are innocent (are not accountable).
