Exodus 21:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

Exodus 20:15

Do not take the property of another.

Exodus 21:15

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

Exodus 22:4

If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

1 Timothy 1:10

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

Revelation 18:12

Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;