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Deuteronomy 23:15-16
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15 “If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters. 16 Let them live among you in any town they choose, and do not oppress them.

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Deuteronomy 23:15-16
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Purity in the Treatment of the Unprivileged

15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.[a] 16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages[b] he prefers; you must not oppress him.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:15 tn The Hebrew text includes “from his master,” but this would be redundant in English style.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:16 tn Heb “gates.”
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