Exodus 21:16

The Message

“If someone kidnaps a person, the penalty is death, regardless of whether the person has been sold or is still held in possession.

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

By that time the Midianite traders were passing by. His brothers pulled Joseph out of the cistern and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites who took Joseph with them down to Egypt.

Exodus 20:15

No stealing.

Exodus 21:15

“If someone hits father or mother, the penalty is death.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man is caught kidnapping one of his kinsmen, someone of the People of Israel, to enslave or sell him, the kidnapper must die. Purge that evil from among you.