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Deuteronomy 24:7 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 24 · verse 7
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.Deuteronomy 24:7 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 24:7 in context
5When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
7If 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.
8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
9Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- merchandiseʻâmarto gather grainH6014 →
- stealinggânabto thieveH1589 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sellethmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deu 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their affection to each other were well settled at first.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-13