John Calvin Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:7

John Calvin Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:7 - 24:7

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John Calvin Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:7 - 24:7

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24:1 - 24:1
24:5 - 24:5
24:6 - 24:6
24:7 - 24:7
24:8 - 24:8
24:10 - 24:10
24:14 - 24:14
24:16 - 24:16
24:19 - 24:19

The same punishment is here deservedly denounced against man-stealers as against murderers; for, so wretched was the condition of slaves, that liberty was more than half of life; and hence to deprive a man of such a great blessing, was almost to destroy him. Besides, it is not man-stealing only which is here condemned, but the accompanying evils of cruelty and fraud, i. e. , if he, who had stolen a man, had likewise sold him. Now, such a sale could hardly be made among the people themselves, without the crime being immediately detected; and nothing could be more hateful than that God’ children should be alienated from the Church, and delivered over to heathen nations.