Deu 23:15-16 | ESV | STEP | You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

Deuteronomy 23:15-16

Miscellaneous Laws

15 ^a“You shall not give up to his master a slave ^{▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)} 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.