In fact, the penalty for such a crime in the Mosaic Law was death: “Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death” (Exodus 21:16).
Kwa kweli adhabu ya kosa kama hilo katika sheria ya Musa ilikuwa kifo: “Yeye amwibaye mtu, na kumwuuza, au akipatikana mkononi mwake sharti atauawa huyo” (Kutoka 21:16).