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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:15 Lit delivered himself
  2. Deuteronomy 23:16 Lit gates in the good to him

Fugitive Slaves

15 “Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you. 16 Let him live among you wherever he wants within your gates. Do not mistreat him.

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