Bible verse
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
Deuteronomy 23:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 23.
11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
14 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
KJV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
ASV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:
ERV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
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