Deuteronomy 23:15-16
English Standard Version
Miscellaneous Laws
15 (A)“You shall not give up to his master a slave[a] who has escaped from his master to you. 16 He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.
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- Deuteronomy 23:15 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
Deuteronomy 23:15-16
New American Standard Bible
15 “(A)You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has [a]escaped from his master to you. 16 He shall live with you in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your [b]towns where it pleases him; (B)you shall not mistreat him.
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- Deuteronomy 23:15 Lit delivered himself
- Deuteronomy 23:16 Lit gates in the good to him
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