Exodus 21:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ “Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or is found in possession of him, shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Anyone who kidnaps a person, whether they have been sold or are still being held, should be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:16 Cross References

Genesis 37:28

Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

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

Exodus 20:15

“You shall not steal.

Exodus 21:15

“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Exodus 22:4

but if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodguilt for him.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If a man is found stealing one of his brethren, the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

1 Timothy 1:10

immoral persons, sodomites, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Revelation 18:12

cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,