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Exodus 21:16 KJV

Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 16

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 21:16 · King James Version

Exodus 21:16 in context

14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

18And 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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Commentary

Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder (Exo 21:12): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion or in malice prepense, so that he die, the government must take care that the murderer be put to death, according to…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21

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