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A Crime Akin to Murder
Commentators explain that kidnapping was a capital offense, placed alongside murder, to show God's extreme abhorrence for it. Scholar Charles Ellicott notes that stealing a person is a crime "only a very little short of murder," as it robs a person of their liberty, which gives life its primary value. The severe penalty reflects the profound violation against the individual.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 21:15–16
18th Century
Theologian
The following offenses were to be punished with death:
- Striking a parent ().
- Cursing a parent (Compare the marginal reference…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:15–17
19th Century
Bishop
And he that smiteth his father ... — With homicide are joined some other offences, regarded as heinous and made punishabl…
John Gill
On Exodus 21:16
17th Century
Pastor
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him
One of the children of Israel, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, a…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:12–21
17th Century
Minister
God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…