 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.  The African Observer - Page 61828Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 462 pages
...may feed in another. As it is written, and " Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee ; he shall dwell...that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates ; and thou shalt not oppress him." Dewt. xxiii.t 15, 16. Eos. THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL HOLD ON HIS WAY.... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Slavery - 1846 - 422 pages
...runaway slave was not to be restored to his master. On this point the law was absolute. " Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped...shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place where he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best ; thou shalt not oppress him."... | |
 | John Tricker Conquest - 1846 - 868 pages
...iclean thing In thee, and turn _ hou shalt not deliver unto hia the servant who is escaped from his u, 18 best : thou shalt not oppress him. There shall be no whore of the daughter« 11 of Israel, nor a sodomite... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard, Nathan Lewis Rice - Slavery - 1846 - 534 pages
...non-slave-holding, as to returning fugitive slaves from the heathen tribes. Deut. xxiii, 15," Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee." But the Jewish community was not merely non-slaveholding, but an anti-slave-holding body; that is,... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard - Slavery - 1846 - 526 pages
...non-slave-holding, as to returning fugitive slaves from the heathen tribes. Deut. xxiii, 15, " Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee." But the Jewish community was not merely non-slaveholding, but an anti-slave-holding body; that is,... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 f Thou shall not deliver unlo ; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates,... | |
 | Larry Ceplair - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 404 pages
...operative upon the Heathen and the Hebrew. 1. "Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant that is escaped from his master unto thee. He shall dwell...shall choose, in one of thy gates where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him." Deut. xxiii, 15, 16. 2. "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,... | |
 | David E. Swift - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 408 pages
...Proceedings of the Black State Conventions, I, 43-50. 40. The biblical texts quoted were "Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee" (Deut. 23:15) and "All things whatsoever you 262 Black Prophets ofjustice verdict of death for King... | |
 | David Daniell - Religion - 1992 - 700 pages
...before thee. Let thine host be pure that he see no unclean thing among you and turn from you. Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. Let him dwell with thee, even among you in what place he himself liketh best, in one of thy cities... | |
 | Y. Dinstein Domb - Political Science - 1997 - 386 pages
...developments. Thus, the Bible orders that a fugitive slave may not be returned to his master. Rather "he shall dwell with thee even among you in that place...shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best"; Deuteronomy 23:15-16. How advanced is this command compared with nineteenth century United States... | |
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