And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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Gill's Exposition
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him,.... One of the children of Israel, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and so the Septuagint version: but though this law was given to the Israelites…
The following offences were to be punished with death: Striking a parent, compare Deu 27:16. Cursing a parent, compare the marginal references. Kidnapping, whether with a view to retain the person…
Adam Clarke
He that stealeth a man - By this law every man-stealer, and every receiver of the stolen person, should lose his life; no matter whether the latter stole the man himself, or gave money to a slave…
Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder (Exo 21:12): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion…
Cambridge Bible
Man-stealing. Cf. Deu 24:7, where the present law is merely expanded, and recast in Deuteronomic phraseology.
a man in Deu 24:7, expressly limited to an Israelite: so LXX Targ. add here, -of the…
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