Exodus 21:16-18

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¹⁶ Anyone who kidnaps another—whether he has already sold his victim or still has him when he is caught—must be put to death.

¹⁷ And anyone who curses either of his parents must be put to death.^[a]

¹⁸ If people are engaged in an argument and one hits the other with a rock or his fist, and the victim does not die but is bedridden for a time and unable to work,