(Devarim 24:7) "If there be found": by witnesses; "a man ": and not a minor; "who steals a soul of his brothers ": and not of gentiles; "of the children of Israel": to exclude one who is half-slave-half-free. "and he exploits him": He is not liable until he brings him into his domain. R. Yehudah says: (He is not liable) until he brings him into his domain and uses him, as it is written ( Ibid .) "and he exploits him and sells him." "then he shall die": by the unqualified "execution" of the Torah — strangulation. "the thief": to include as liable one who steals his son and sells him. These are the words of R. Yochanan b. Beroka. And the sages say: One who steals his son and sells him is not liable. "and you shall remove the evil from your midst": Remove the doers of evil from Israel.
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