14 Since (A)the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp to save you and to [a]defeat your enemies before you, your camp must be (B)holy; so He must not see [b]anything indecent among you [c]or He will turn away from you.

15 (C)You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has [d]escaped from his master to you. 16 He shall live with you in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your [e]towns where it pleases him; (D)you shall not mistreat him.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit give
  2. Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit nakedness of anything
  3. Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit and
  4. Deuteronomy 23:15 Lit delivered himself
  5. Deuteronomy 23:16 Lit gates in the good to him

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