Genesis 37:28
28Then aMidianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and bsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. Exodus 21:16
16 d“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found ein possession of him, shall be put to death.Deuteronomy 24:7
7 f“If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he gtreats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. hSo you shall purge the evil from your midst.1 Timothy 1:10
10the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, ▼▼That is, those who take someone captive in order to sell him into slavery
liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to jsound ▼▼Or healthy
doctrine,
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