Tanach
Yirmeyahu 34:8-11 ירמיהו ל״ד:ח׳-י״א
Part of: Chapter 34
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הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָהוּ מֵאֵת יְהֹוָה אַחֲרֵי כְּרֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ בְּרִית אֶת־כׇּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לִקְרֹא לָהֶם דְּרֽוֹר׃
This is the word that came to Yirmeyahu from the Lord, after the king Żidqiyyahu had made a covenant with all the people which were at Yerushalayim, proclaim liberty to them;
This is the word that came to Yirmeyahu from the Lord, after the king Żidqiyyahu had made a covenant with all the people which were at Yerushalayim, proclaim liberty to them;
Rashi
לְשַׁלַּח אִישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִי וְהָעִבְרִיָּה חׇפְשִׁים לְבִלְתִּי עֲבׇד־בָּם בִּיהוּדִי אָחִיהוּ אִֽישׁ׃
that every man should let his Hebrew manservant, and every man his Hebrew maidservant, go free; that none should enslave any of them, namely a man of Yehuda, being his brother.
that every man should let his Hebrew manservant, and every man his Hebrew maidservant, go free; that none should enslave any of them, namely a man of Yehuda, being his brother.
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כׇל־הַשָּׂרִים וְכׇל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ בַבְּרִית לְשַׁלַּח אִישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתוֹ חׇפְשִׁים לְבִלְתִּי עֲבׇד־בָּם עוֹד וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃
Now when all the princes, and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should enslave them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
Now when all the princes, and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should enslave them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
וַיָּשׁוּבוּ אַחֲרֵי־כֵן וַיָּשִׁבוּ אֶת־הָֽעֲבָדִים וְאֶת־הַשְּׁפָחוֹת אֲשֶׁר שִׁלְּחוּ חׇפְשִׁים (ויכבישום) [וַֽיִּכְבְּשׁוּם] לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ {פ}
But afterwards they relapsed, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
But afterwards they relapsed, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
אחרי כרות המלך. בשנה השביעית למלכו כך שנינו בסדר עולם ויהי בשנה השביעית באו אנשים מזקני יהודה לדרוש את ה' אמרו ליחזקאל עבד כהן שמכרו רבו מהו שיאכל בתרומה כלומר לפי שהיו רוצין לומר לא נענש על המצות על שהחזירו את העבדי':