Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 34:12
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Therefore the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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Jeremiah 34
10 So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
11 but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
13 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
14 Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
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