Miscellaneous Laws

15 If a slave has taken refuge(A) with you, do not hand them over to their master.(B) 16 Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress(C) them.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:15 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)