Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
We cannot suppose that this law required the israelites to entertain slaves who had robbed their masters, or left their service without cause; but such only as were cruelly treated, and fled to them for protection, especially from the neighbouring nations
Bible References
We cannot suppose that this law required the israelites to entertain slaves who had robbed their masters, or left their service without cause; but such only as were cruelly treated, and fled to them for protection, especially from the neighbouring nations
1 Samuel 30:15
And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company.
Obadiah 1:14
Neither should you have stood at the crossroads, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither should you have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
Philemon 1:10
I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: