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that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.
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A Law Rooted in Redemption
Commentators explain that the law to free Hebrew servants was not merely a social regulation but was deeply theological. It was a constant reminder of Israel's own redemption from slavery in Egypt. God commanded them to show mercy to their brethren because He had shown immense mercy to them, setting them apart as a free people.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Commentators usually say that the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as well as the law of the land resting during the sabbat…
16th Century
Protestant
Though we do not read that what the Prophet relates here was done by God’s command, yet we may easily gather that Zedekiah the king had been warned…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, [being] an Hebrew, or an Hebrew…
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A Jew should not be held in servitude for more than seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the …
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the threat is given after the transgression of the covenant.
The author first speaks of the transgression of the covenant, a…
