¹⁶ “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,^(A) whether the victim has been sold^(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

⁷ If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die.^(A) You must purge the evil from among you.^(B)

Judgment on Israel

⁶ This is what the Lord says: