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Deuteronomy 24:7

in Deuteronomy 24

If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

KJV

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

This verse in Deuteronomy 24

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel,.... Whether grown up or little, male or female, an Israelite or a proselyte, or a freed servant; all, as Maimonides (f) says, are included in this general word "brethren"; though Aben Ezra observes, that it is added, "of the children of Israel", for explanation, since an Edomite is called a "brother".

This site's exposition

If a man is newly married

on Deuteronomy 24:5-9

Verses 6 and 7 both guard a man's life. A millstone taken in pledge takes “one’s livelihood”, and kidnapping is capital, as Exodus 21:16 had said.

This site's exposition

If a man is caught kidnapping

Kidnapping an Israelite took his freedom and his inheritance. Henry adds that it drove him out to serve other gods, as David complained at 1 Samuel 26:19.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was not death by the law of Moses to steal cattle or goods; but to steal a child, or a weak and simple man, or one that a man had in his power, and to make merchandize of him, this was a capital crime, and could not be expiated, as other thefts, by restitution--so much is a man better than a sheep, Matt. xii.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּי־if

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • יִמָּצֵ֣אhe will be found

    yimatze'H4672 →455 times

  • אִ֗ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • גֹּנֵ֨בstealing

    gonevH1589 →

  • נֶ֤פֶשׁa person

    nefeshH5315 →754 times

  • מֵאֶחָיו֙any of countrymen his

    meechavH251 →630 times

  • מִבְּנֵ֣יany of [the] people of

    mibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְהִתְעַמֶּר־and he will treat as a slave

    vehitamer-H6014 →

  • בּ֖וֹ<in> <the> him

    bo

  • וּמְכָר֑וֹand he will sell him

    umekharoH4376 →80 times

  • וּמֵת֙and he will die

    umetH4191 →839 times

  • הַגַּנָּ֣בthe thief

    haganavH1590 →

  • הַה֔וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥and you will remove

    uviartaH1197 →94 times

  • הָרָ֖עthe evil

    hara'H7451 →662 times

  • מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃from midst your

    mikirbechaH7130 →227 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Timothy 1:10

    for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 6:9–10

      Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…

    • Leviticus 18:22

      You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

    • 2 Timothy 4:3

      For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

    • Romans 1:26

      For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

    • Galatians 5:19–21

      The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • Through

    Revelation 18:13

    of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 27:13

      Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

    • Amos 2:6

      This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

  • Through

    Exodus 21:16

    Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 1:10

      for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.