Deutéronome 23:16

Darby's French Translation

il habitera avec toi, au milieu de toi, dans le lieu qu'il choisira en l'une de tes portes, là où bon lui semble: tu ne l'opprimeras pas.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Il demeurera avec toi, au milieu de toi, dans le lieu qu'il choisira dans l'une de tes villes, où il lui plaira; tu ne le molesteras point.

Louis Segond (1910)
Il demeurera chez toi, au milieu de toi, dans le lieu qu'il choisira, dans l'une de tes villes, où bon lui semblera: tu ne l'opprimeras point.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Mais il demeurera avec toi au milieu de toi, dans le lieu qu'il aura choisi en l'une de tes villes, là où bon lui semblera; tu ne le chagrineras point.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall dwell: Isaiah 16:3, Isaiah 16:4, Luke 15:15-24, Titus 3:2, Titus 3:3

liketh him best: Heb. is good for him

thou shalt not: Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9, Jeremiah 7:6, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, James 2:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:11 - a place 1 Samuel 30:15 - nor deliver

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He shall dwell in thee, [even] among you,.... This seems to confirm the sense of it, being a stranger, a: proselyte servant that is here spoken of, since the law provides for his dwelling among the Israelites:

in that place he shall choose, in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: he was not to be detained by the person that took him up in his own house, or be obliged to dwell in any certain place under, a restraint, but he might take up his abode in any of the cities of Israel, which would be most for his good, profit, and advantage:

thou shalt not oppress him; by words, as the Targum of Jonathan adds,

"calling him a fugitive servant, or by any opprobrious name.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The case in question is that of a slave who fled from a pagan master to the holy land. It is of course assumed that the refugee was not flying from justice, but only from the tyranny of his lord.