Jeremiah 34:14 (KJV)

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At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew which hath been sold unto thee and when he hath served thee six years thou shalt let him go free from thee but your fathers hearkened not unto me neither inclined their ear

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At the. Jer 34:8 Jer 34:9 Ex 21:1-4 Ex 23:10 Ex 23:11 De 15:12 1Ki 9:22 2Ch 28:10 Isa 58:6 Am 2:6 Am 8:6

been sold. or, sold himself. 1Ki 21:25 Isa 50:1 Ro 7:14-17 Ro 7:24

but.It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (ch. 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years. Jer 7:25 Jer 7:26 Jer 11:8-10 Jer 32:30 1Sa 8:7 1Sa 8:8 2Ki 17:13 2Ki 17:14 2Ch 36:16 Ne 9:30 Eze 20:4 Eze 20:8 Zec 7:11 Zec 7:12

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