 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 Works of Charles Sumner - Page 165by Charles Sumner - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1844 - 1022 pages
...to his master, Deut. 23 : 15 and 16: "Thou shall not deliver unto his master the servant which has escaped from his master unto thee : he shall dwell with thee, even among you in the place which he shall choose, in one of thy gates where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress... | |
 | American periodicals - 1845 - 448 pages
...we admit that they may fairly use a passage in Deuteronomy, which we quote entire. — "Thou -halt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped...in one of thy gates where it liketh him best ; thou shalt not oppress him."t This passage does unquestionably give color to the efforts of the abolitionists... | |
 | John Bunyan, James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1845 - 366 pages
...his house, even the place which liketh thee best. " Thou shalt not deliver to his master," says he, " the servant which is escaped from his master unto...in one of thy gates where it liketh him best; thou shalt not oppress him;" Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. This is a command to the church, consequently to the Head... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...thy camp be holy : that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 If Thou shnlt at come into Daeon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this 6 : 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you in thai place which he shall choose in one of thy gates... | |
 | 1846 - 492 pages
...express command recorded in Deut. xxiii. 15, 16, applicable in the case of a fugitive from it. a Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which...in one of thy gates where it liketh him best ; thou shalt not oppress him." Now, that the institution of Slavery does of necessity involve a violation... | |
 | 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...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, and proclaim... | |
 | David E. Swift - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 408 pages
...(eds.), 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...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 of... | |
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