Against Manstealing. If a man be found (see Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 22:22) stealing a brother(see on Deuteronomy 15:2) Israelite, and playing the owner(see Deuteronomy 21:14) he shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil, etc. (Deuteronomy 13:5 (6)). The parallel in E, Exodus 21:16, has stealing a man; for D's substitution of Israelite see on Deuteronomy 15:2; Deuteronomy 22:1-4. Ḫammurabi (§ 14) decrees death to the kidnapper.

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