Deuteronomy 23:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Do these things because the Lord your God travels with you, right in the middle of your camp, ready to save you and to hand your enemies over to you. For this reason your camp must be holy. The Lord must not see anything indecent among you, or he will turn away from you.

Escaped slaves

¹⁵ Don’t return slaves to owners if they’ve escaped and come to you. ¹⁶ They can stay with you: in your own community or in any place they select from one of your cities, whatever seems good to them. Don’t oppress them.