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Passage Lookup: Jeremiah 34:8-11
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Jeremiah 34:8
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The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves.
Jeremiah 34:9
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Everyone was to free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Jew in bondage.
Jeremiah 34:10
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So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free.
Jeremiah 34:11
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But afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.
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