Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Deuteronomy 23:16:
Psalms 52:9
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