19:14 You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, 6 which will have been defined 7 in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 8
24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, 9 and regards him as mere property 10 and sells him, that kidnapper 11 must die. In this way you will purge 12 evil from among you.
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Heb “Lord
3 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
4 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
5 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”
6 tn Heb “border.” Cf. NRSV “You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker.”
7 tn Heb “which they set off from the beginning.”
8 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.
9 tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.
10 tn Or “and enslaves him.”
11 tn Heb “that thief.”
12 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.