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La Biblia Reina-Valera
Deuteronomio 23:16
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Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
Contigo habitará en medio de ti, en el lugar que él escoja en una de tus ciudades donde le parezca bien; no lo maltratarás.
Morará contigo, en medio de ti, en el lugar que escogiere en alguna de tus ciudades, donde bien le pareciere; no lo oprimirás.
More contigo, en su tierra, en el lugar que escogiere en alguna de tus ciudades, donde bien le estuviere; no le harás fuerza.
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.
