Exodus 21:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death.

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

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

Exodus 20:15

“You shall not steal.

Exodus 21:15

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

Exodus 22:4

When the animal, whether ox or donkey or sheep, is found alive in the thief’s possession, the thief shall pay double.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If someone is caught kidnaping another Israelite, enslaving or selling the Israelite, then that kidnaper shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

1 Timothy 1:10

the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

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,