Man Stealing גֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ / גֹּנֵ֨ב נֶ֤פֶשׁ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Dec 16, 2025 · 3m

We are in chapter twenty-one of Exodus with our word for today which is actually two phrases with the same meaning. גֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ manstealing used once in our chapter. גֹּנֵ֨ב נֶ֤פֶשׁ stealing a soul or a person used once in the Old Testament. Let’s look at our phrases. Exodus 21:16 Whoever וְגֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. As we saw yesterday this action deserves the death penalty. We see the same consequence to this action in our next phrase. Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man is found גֹּנֵ֨ב נֶ֤פֶשׁ stealing one of his…