15If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand him over to his master.


In Context

12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.

13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

14 For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

15 If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand him over to his master.

16 Let him live among you wherever he likes and in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress him.

17 No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.

Deuteronomy 23:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant who hath escaped from his master to thee:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15'Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15You shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to you: