What does Deuteronomy 23:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:"
Verse Deuteronomy 23:15. _THOU SHALT NOT DELIVER - THE SERVANT WHICH IS_ _ESCAPED - UNTO THEE_] That is, a servant who left an idolatrous master that he might join himself to God and to his people. In...
The case in question is that of a slave who fled from a pagan master to the holy land. It is of course assumed that the refugee was not flying from justice, but only from the tyranny of his lord....
19. THE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH AND ITS CONSTITUTION AND HOLINESS CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The constitution of the congregation of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 23:1)_ 2. The cleanness of the camp in time of war (De...
_VER._ 15. _THOU SHALT NOT DELIVER UNTO HIS MASTER THE SERVANT,_ &C.— i.e. _A foreign servant,_ says Houbigant, not one of the Jewish nation; for it is not added, _the servant of thy brother, or of th...
LESSON EIGHTEEN DEUTERONOMY 23:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 24:22 m. LAWS OF SOCIETY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Deuteronomy 23:15 to Deuteronomy 26:19) (1) TREATMENT OF ESCAPED SLAVES (Deuteronomy 23:15-16) Thou...
_THOU SHALT NOT DELIVER UNTO HIS MASTER THE SERVANT WHICH IS ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER UNTO THEE:_ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped - evidently a servant of the Canaa...
LAWS REGARDING ADMITTANCE TO THE CONGREGATION, CLEANLINESS IN THE CAMP, UNCHASTITY, USURY, AND VOWS 1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus 21:...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 V1 ‘A person may squeeze hard or cut off the sex parts of a man. The man with the physical da...
Deuteronomy 23:15. — REFUGEES. Thou shalt not deliver... the servant. — Even on Israelitish ground the escaped slave was free. Rashi adds, “Even a Canaanitish slave who has escaped from abroad into _...
_[Deuteronomy 23:16]_ לֹא ־תַסְגִּ֥יר עֶ֖בֶד אֶל ־אֲדֹנָ֑יו אֲשֶׁר ־יִנָּצֵ֥ל אֵלֶ֖יךָ מֵ עִ֥ם אֲדֹנָֽיו׃...
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
Under the Mosaic law certain persons were excluded from worship and others from the camp. Any who in any way violated the requirements of personal perfection in physical matters were not to be allowed...
Thou shalt not (h) deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: (h) This is meant of the heathen, who fled because of their masters' cruelty, and embrace the true r...
To thee, from among the Gentiles. The promised land was thus declared a land of liberty, (Calmet) to encourage poor slaves to embrace the service of the true God, and to flee from the slavery of the d...
Wherefore was this merciful precept introduced here, but to show us, that as the land of Israel was like a city of refuge, none who took shelter in it, should be dragged thence. And is not this spirit...
Although this Law has a tendency to humanity and kindness, it still does not appear to be altogether just. Since many masters oppressed their slaves with tyrannical arrogance, their wickedness rendere...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensi...
THOU SHALL NOT DELIVER UNTO HIS MASTER THE SERVANT WHICH IS ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER UNTO THEE. That is, one that has been used ill by a cruel and tyrannical master, and was in danger of his life with...
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: Ver. 15. _The servant that is escaped._] A heathen servant that flees for religion, and desires to "join...
_The servant which is escaped from his master_ It seems, from the connection, that this has a particular relation to times of war, when heathen soldiers or servants might desert and come over to the I...
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congregation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17 Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of vsury. 21 Of vowes...
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant, the slave, WHICH IS ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER UNTO THEE. This rule concerned the case of a slave from one of the heathen nations, who had fled from hi...
NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS (vs.1-8) A man who was emasculated in any way could not be recognized as one of Israel's congregation (v.1). Such mutilation deprives one of his proper masculinity. The Lord mak...
15-25 It is honourable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth, should be treated with particular tenderness, that they may have no temptat...
This is not to be understood universally, as if all servants that flee from their masters, though without any sufficient cause or colour of justice, might be detained from them by any person to whom t...
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 23:15 back H5462 (H8686) master H113 slave H5650 escaped H5337 (H8735) master H113 1 Samuel 30:15; Obadiah 1:14; Philemon 1:10-19...
OTHER ASPECTS OF ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR (DEUTERONOMY 23:15). Analysis in the words of Moses: a You shall not deliver to his master a slave who is escaped from his master to you, he shall dwell with...
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We must take care to keep the camp of the saints pure from moral, ceremonial and natural pollution. KEY WORD: Holy, Deuteronomy 23:...
Deuteronomy 23:1. _Shall not enter the congregation._ Eunuchs might worship there, as appears from the viiith of Acts; but they could not hold any office. In regard to devotion, God has promised the p...
_Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped._ THE ESCAPED SLAVE A Flemish artist was painting a picture when two friends noticed the high finish of a broom which was only an...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:15__ These laws address property offenses related to the eighth commandment: “You shall not steal” (Deuteronomy 5:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagN...
CRITICAL NOTES.—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congregatio...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS. WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION. UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED. RECEPTION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES. LICENTIOUS PERSONS TO BE REMOVED, AND GIFTS THE PRICE...
In chapter twenty-three, we find those that were restricted from coming into the temple. Eunuchs were forbidden in the temple. An Ammonite or Moabite was forbidden unto the tenth generation, for thei...
1 Samuel 30:15; Obadiah 1:14; Philemon 1:1...
The servant — Of such as belonged to the Canaanites, or other neighbouring nations, because if he had lived in remote countries, it is not probable that he would flee so far to avoid his master, or th...