Exodus 21:16
Anyone who kidnaps someone else must be executed, whether the victim is sold or is still in their possession.
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15Anyone who hits their father or mother must be executed.
17Anyone who despises their father or mother must be executed.
Cross References
Genesis 37:28So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
Exodus 22:4If what was stolen is a live animal he still has, whether it's an ox, donkey, or sheep, he must pay back double.
1 Timothy 1:10for those who are sexually immoral, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, false witnesses—and anything else that's opposed to good teachings
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →