Deuteronomy 23:16

_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 Canaanites, or of some of the neighbouring people, who was driven by tyrannical oppression, or induced with a view of embracing the true religion, to take refuge in Israel. Such a one was not to be surrendered by the inhabitants of the place where he had fled for protection. Among the Greeks and Romans slaves were not allowed the privilege of any sanctuary: their master might pursue them any or everywhere; and when he caught the runaway, he branded him with a red-hot iron (Xenophon, 'Mem.,' 2: 10, secs. 1, 21; Florus, 2:, p. 19). But in ancient Palestine, and under the law of Moses, a refugee, the moment he set foot upon the soil, found a secure asylum, and was allowed to settle at pleasure in a...

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 temptation to return to the world. We cannot honour God with our substance, unless it be honestly and honourably come by. It must not only be considered what we give, but how we got it. Where the borrower gets, or hopes to get, it is just that the lender should share the gain; but to him that borrows for necessary food, pity must be showed. That which is gone out of thy lips, as a solemn and deliberate vow, must not be recalled, but thou shalt keep and perform it punctually and fully. They were allowed to pluck and eat of the corn or grapes that grew by the road side; only they must not carry any away. This law intimated what great plenty of corn and wine they should have in Canaan. It provided for...

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....

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 OF IMPURITY TO BE REFUSED. LAWS REGARDING USURY, VOWS, AND

HE SHALL DWELL IN THEE, [EVEN] AMONG YOU,.... This seems to confirm the sense of it, being a stranger, a: proselyte servant that is here spoken of, since the law provides for his dwelling among the Israelites: IN THAT PLACE HE SHALL CHOOSE, IN ONE OF THY GATES, WHERE IT LIKETH HIM BEST: he was not to be detained by the person that took him up in his own house, or be obliged to dwell in any certain place under, a restraint, but he might take up his abode in any of the cities of Israel, which would be most for his good, profit, and advantage: THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS HIM; by words, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, "calling him a fugitive servant, or by any opprobrious name.''...

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 (Deuteronomy 23:9) 3. Concerning the escaped slave and the harlot (Deuteronomy 23:15) 4. Usury forbidden (Deuteronomy 23:19) 5. Concerning vows (Deuteronomy 23:21) 6. The neighbor's vineyard and field ...

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 shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shall not oppress him. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 23:15, 16...

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 21:16) but as ordinary members of the nation of Israel, all of whom are 'holy unto the Lord.' The reference in this v. is probably to the self-mutilation practised by the devotees of certain heathen gods, and alluded to by St. Paul in Galatians 5:12 : cp. Deuteronomy 14:1....

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 damage cannot go to the *LORD’s house. V2 A person cannot go to the *LORD’s house if his father and mother are not both *Israelites. Also, his *descendants can never go there, not even after 10 *generations. V3 No *Ammonite or *Moabite or any of their children can go to the *LORD’s house, not even after 10 *generations. V4 They refused to give bread and water to you on your wa

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 _the land_ of Israel.”...