DEUT1268 Do not mistreat slaves who flee to the Holy Land. Key concept: See [[EXOD638]] Exodus 22:20 abuse CHINUCH 41-2, the prohibition on wronging a convert. We are forbidden to wrong any Jew, but because converts feel alone, having no family to turn to for help, the Torah adds an additional prohibition to make us particularly careful to not offend them or harm them. For this reason, the Torah adds yet a further prohibition on mistreating their slave who has fled his master and seeks refuge in the Land of Israel. His position is more disadvantageous than other converts. Cold, unscrupulous people are even more likely to scorn and deride him. [These additional provisions apply only when the convert is a ger tzedek, and when the slave underwent circumcision and ritual immersion in the name of the halachic standing of a slave.]