Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 34:8-11

8Thewordהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697thatcameהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961untoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414from theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,afterאַחֲרֵ֡י'a.cha.ReiH310that thekingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667hadmadeכְּרֹת֩ke.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֗יתbe.RitH1285withallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971whichH834were atJerusalemבִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389, toproclaimלִקְרֹ֥אlik.Ro'H7121libertyדְּרֽוֹר׃de.RorH1865unto them;

9thateveryH376manH376shouldletH7971his manservant, andeveryH376manH376hismaidservantשִׁפְחָת֛וֹshif.cha.ToH8198, being anHebrewH5680or an Hebrewess,goלְ֠שַׁלַּחLe.sha.lachH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֑יםcha.fe.ShimH2670; that none shouldserveעֲבָד־'a.vod-H5647himselfH376of them, to wit, of aJewבִּיהוּדִ֥יbi.hu.DiH3064hisbrotherאָחִ֖יהוּ'a.Chi.huH251:

10AndallH3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֨יםha.sa.RimH8269andallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971obeyedH8085,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hadenteredH935intoH935thecovenantבַבְּרִ֗יתva.be.RitH1285, thateveryH3605one shouldletלְ֠שַׁלַּחLe.sha.lachH7971his manservant, andeveryH3605one hismaidservantשִׁפְחָתוֹ֙shif.cha.ToH8198,goH935freeחָפְשִׁ֔יםcha.fe.ShimH2670, thatnoneH3605shouldserveעֲבָד־'a.vod-H5647themselvesH8085of themanyH3605moreע֑וֹדodH5750; theyobeyedH8085, andletוַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃vay.sha.Le.chuH7971themgoH935:

11butafterwardsאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310theyturnedH7725, andcausedH834theservantsהָֽעֲבָדִים֙ha.'a.va.DimH5650and the handmaids,whomH834they hadletH7971goשִׁלְּח֖וּshi.le.ChuH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֑יםcha.fe.ShimH2670, toreturnH7725, andbroughtH7725themintoH3533subjectionH3533forservantsלַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.DimH5650and for handmaids:

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