...themselves to return him if he be claimed by his master. But among the Jews the law was, " Thou shall not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : he shall dwell among thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy...

...beings fled from a cruel and oppressive master, they were interdicted from delivering him up again. " He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he liketh best. Thou shall not oppress him !" These, iheir servants, were, it need not be added, permitted...

...impoverishing to him. 6. The Mosaic law forbade the restoration of a fugitive slave to his master. " Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant...shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place where he shall choose in one, of thy gates, where it liketh him bent ; thou shall not oppress him."...

...Thou shalt not deliver unto his master 1 the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 when Pharaoh "likethhim best: thou • shalt not oppress him. 17 Tl There shall be no " whore » of the daughters...

...read, " Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to thee ; he shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gales where it liketh him best ; thou shalt not oppress him." (Deut. xxiii, 15, 16.) The meaning of...

...read, " Thou shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to thee ; he shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gales where it likelh him best ; thou shall not oppress him." (Deut. xxiii, 15, 16.) The meaning of...

...choice. This is evident to any candid reader of the Mosaic laws and history. For, there is the law, " 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...

...slave that escaped from his master abroad, and took refuge in the holy land ; for it is written, " Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee." (Deut. 23. 14.) (This is the privilege of the holy land. The master is also bound to give a...

...to the case of the slave Onessimus, as above referred to. In Deut. xxiii. 15, 16, it is written, " 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...

...should we hereafter obey, as we undoubtedly shall, the precept recorded in Deuteronomy xxiii. 15, 16: " 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...