Deuteronomy 23:15
Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing, and so he + 23:15 i. e. would if thou wert disobedient.shall turn away from thee.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
In Context
16Thou shalt not deliver a servant to his master, who coming from his master attaches himself to thee.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:12and I will walk among you, and be your God, and ye shall be my people.
1 Samuel 30:15And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? and he said, Swear now to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down upon this troop.
Isaiah 12:6Exalt and rejoice, ye that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst + 12:6 Heb. and Alex. ‘of thee’.of her.
Obadiah 1:14Neither shouldest thou have stood at the opening of their passages, to destroy utterly those of them that were escaping; neither shouldest thou have shut up his fugitives in the day of affliction.
Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
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 →