Exodus 21:16

WEB

¹⁶“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

KJV

¹⁶¶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

BSB

¹⁶Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

FBV

¹⁶Anyone who kidnaps someone else must be executed, whether the victim is sold or is still in their possession.

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Extra References

Deuteronomy 24:7

⁷If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

1 Timothy 1:10

¹⁰for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

Exodus 22:4

⁴If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Genesis 37:28

²⁸Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

¹⁵For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

¹²merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;