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Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne livreras point à son maître un esclave qui se réfugiera chez toi, après l'avoir quitté.
KJV
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
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be brought back to the owner if they be found going astray. Therefore it was unsuitably commanded ( Dt. 23:15 ): "Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee." Objection 3: Further, the Divine Law should encourage mercy more even than the human law. But…
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