Deuteronomy 23:15
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
In Context
16Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:12I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
1 Samuel 30:15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Obadiah 1:14Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you 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 →