Text -- Deuteronomy 24:7 (NET)

24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 24:7

¹ tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.

² tn Or “and enslaves him.”

³ tn Heb “that thief.”

⁴ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.