Exodus 21:16

Easy To Read Version

“If a person steals someone to sell him as a slave or to keep him for his own slave, then that person must be killed.

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

When the Midianite traders came by, the brothers took Joseph out of the well. They sold him to the traders for 20 pieces of silver. The traders took him to Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

I was taken from my own home, the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong. So I should not be in prison.”

Exodus 20:15

“You must not steal anything.

Exodus 21:15

“Any person who hits his father or his mother must be killed.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“A person might kidnap another Israelite—one of his own people. And that kidnapper might sell that person as a slave. If that happens, then that kidnapper must be killed. You must remove that evil from your group.

1 Timothy 1:10

people who do sexual sins, homosexuals, people who sell slaves, people who tell lies, people who speak falsely, and people who do anything that is against the true teaching \{of God\}.

Revelation 18:12

They sell gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen cloth, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth, all kinds of citron wood, and all kinds of things made from ivory, expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble.