Text -- Deuteronomy 23:15-16 (NET)

Purity in the Treatment of the Nonprivileged

23:15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. 23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 23:15

¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “from his master,” but this would be redundant in English style.

NET Notes: Deu 23:16

¹ tn Heb “gates.”