Deu 23:15, 1Sa 22:9-10, 24:9, 26:19, 30:15, 2Sa 16:1-4, Pro 24:23 | ESV | STEP | You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

Deuteronomy 23:15

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.

1 Samuel 22:9-10

9 Then answered ^cDoeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse ^dcoming to Nob, to ^eAhimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 ^fand he inquired of the Lord for him and ^ggave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Samuel 24:9

9 And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?

1 Samuel 26:19

19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, ^hfor they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in ⁱthe heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

1 Samuel 30:15

15 And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this ^jband.”

2 Samuel 16:1-4

David and Ziba

1 When David had passed a little beyond ^kthe summit, ^lZiba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, ^ma hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2 And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, ⁿ“The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who ^ofaint in the wilderness to drink.” 3 And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” ^pZiba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’” 4 Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

Proverbs 24:23

More Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of ^qthe wise.

^rPartiality in judging is not good.