If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 24:7 in context
Deuteronomy 24:4–10
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her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled; for that would be an abomination to the LORD. You shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
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When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
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No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
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If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
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Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
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Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came out of Egypt.
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When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
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