Deuteronomy 24:7-9
Context24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, 1 and regards him as mere property 2 and sells him, that kidnapper 3 must die. In this way you will purge 4 evil from among you.
24:8 Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely 5 all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do. 24:9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam 6 along the way after you left Egypt.


[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.
[24:7] 2 tn Or “and enslaves him.”
[24:7] 4 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.
[24:8] 5 tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”
[24:9] 9 sn What the