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Read Full Chapter (Exodus 21) Exodus 21:16 KJV
"And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death."
Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 16
Exodus 21:16 in Context (Verses 13–19 KJV)
13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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.
15
¶ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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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.
17
¶ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.*
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:*
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If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.*