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Deuteronomy 23:15

Mercy and compassionProtection and safety

13 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

14 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.

16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
KJV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
WEB
You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.
ASV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:
DARBY
Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:
BLB
You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped to you from his master.
ÅB
Du skal ikke sende en slave tilbake til hans herre når han er rømt fra sin herre og har flyktet til deg.
OTB
Hvis en slave søker tilflukt hos deg, skal du ikke overlevere dem til deres herre.
B1930
Du skal ikke sende en træl tilbake til hans herre når han er rømt fra sin herre og har flyktet til dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.”

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  • Obadiah 1:14

    Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

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