Essay sur Le Deutéronome 23:16
לֹא־תַסְגִּ֥יר עֶ֖בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑יו אֲשֶׁר־יִנָּצֵ֥ל אֵלֶ֖יךָ מֵעִ֥ם אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
Ne livre pas un esclave à son maître, s’il vient se réfugier de chez son maître auprès de toi.
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
Despite the accepted existence of slavery in Israelite society, Deuteronomy deemed it cruel to return fugitive slaves. This contrasts not only with ancient Near Eastern practice but also with some cases in the Bible (e.g., I Sam. 30:15, I Kings 2:39–40) (Greenstein 1985a).
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