וְגֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ וּמְכָר֛וֹ וְנִמְצָ֥א בְיָד֖וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ (ס)
At ang sinumang dumukot ng isang tao at ipinagbili ito, at natagpuan itong nasa kanyang kamay, ay tiyak na papatayin.
The Jewish Spiritual Heroes
These men were executed—the legend continues to relate—when they were reading the Torah to the empreror and they came to the law which states that a person who steals a man and enslaves him, is to be put to death. (Ex. 21:16.) The emperor then said: “Where are your forefathers, the sons of Jacob, who sold their brother into slavery? If I had them here I would immediately have them put to death. But since they are not here you will have to atone for their crime.”