Deuteronomy 23:14-15

14 "Since ¹the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be ²holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you

15 "³You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

Deuteronomy 23:14-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Orders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1-8, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9-14, to protect fugitive servants, and not deliver them up to their masters, De 23:15,16 not to suffer a filthy person to be among them, or any filthy thing to be brought into the house of God for a vow, De 23:17,18, then follow some laws against usury, and for the payment of vows, De 23:19-23, and the chapter is concluded with some directions how to behave in a neighbour's vineyard, or standing corn, De 23:24,25.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 26:12
• 2. Exodus 3:5
• 3. 1 Samuel 30:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "give"
• [b]. Lit "nakedness of anything"
• [c]. Lit "and"
• [d]. Lit "delivered himself"