Ki Seitzei 24:07 · unit 1

TT #522 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 24:07

The Complete Passuk

כִּי־יִמָּצֵ֣א אִ֗ישׁ גֹּנֵ֨ב נֶ֤פֶשׁ מֵאֶחָיו֙ מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהִתְעַמֶּר־בּ֖וֹ וּמְכָר֑וֹ וּמֵת֙ הַגַּנָּ֣ב הַה֔וּא וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Chabad.org — 24:07

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 276.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ גֹּנֵב נֶפֶשׁ – גְּנֵבַת נֶפֶשׁ.

English: “If a man is found stealing a person” — the crime of kidnapping.

On the daf / in context: The verse is the source for the capital liability of one who kidnaps a fellow Israelite.

Type of Learning

Identification of the capital crime.

What Is Learned

Kidnapping a fellow Jew is a capital offense.