A moment in scripture
Exodus 21:16
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And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Exodus 21:15
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.