Digest of Biblical Civil Law

The prohibition of kidnapping (Exo. 21:16; Deut. 24:7) speaks to a number of issues, such as the proper penalty for ransom-kidnapping, the impressment of seamen, and perhaps even the military draft.
- James Jordan, The Law of the Covenant 105-06 (1984), at http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/:  HTML, DjVu.