Deuteronomy 23:15
Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
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- 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.
- Obad 1:14 : 14 And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.
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16 Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.
- Deut 24:14-152 verses77%
14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
- Deut 15:12-187 verses76%
12 If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.
13 And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
14 But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.
15 And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.
16 But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;
17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.
18 Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.
- Lev 25:39-402 verses76%
39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
- Lev 25:42-443 verses75%
42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
43 Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
44 But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
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2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
- Deut 24:17-182 verses74%
17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
18 But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.
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10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
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27 And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.
- Exod 21:4-52 verses72%
4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
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9 That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
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1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.
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22 Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.
- Deut 5:14-152 verses72%
14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.
15 And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.
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21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.
- Exod 23:32-332 verses71%
32 Make no agreement with them or with their gods.
33 Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.
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9 Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.
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33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;
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14 At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
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12 Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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12 And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.
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10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
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6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
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10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
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8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;
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14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
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45 A man from a strange country living among you, and a servant working for payment, may not take part in it.
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9 There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.
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14 For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.
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17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
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6 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
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53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
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15 Do not take the property of another.
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17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.