Jeremiah 34:9
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 34 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah delivers an oracle to Zedekiah that he will die peacefully despite the city's fall. A later oracle condemns the Jerusalem leaders who freed slaves only to re-enslave them when Babylonian pressure temporarily lifted — breaking the covenant of liberation. …
Other Translations
that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant--the Hebrew and the Hebrewess--free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;
That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
Cross References
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should …
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke …
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land …
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their …
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
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And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout …
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am …
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