Deuteronomy 23:15
Thou shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
1 Samuel 30:15And David said to him, Will thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Obadiah 1:14And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his who escape, and deliver not up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
Zephaniah 3:17LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:10-15
Moral and Ceremonial Purity Enjoined. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp,… Read the whole commentary →