Deuteronomy 23:15
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Deuteronomy 23:15
- We cannot suppose that this law required the Israelites to entertain slaves who had robbed their masters, or left their service without cause; but such only as were cruelly treated, and fled to them for protection, especially from the neighbouring nations. To such they were commanded to afford shelter, and shew great kindness.
- 1 Samuel 30:15; Obadiah 1:14