That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, that is, a Jew his brother.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Brethren. The sabbatical year happened in the 9th of Sedecias, when the Chaldeans approaching, caused him to show some signs of religion. But when they departed to meet the Egyptians, the people repented of what they had done well. (Calmet) Such a relapse offends God more than the former sins, as our Saviour shows by a parable, Matthew xviii. (Worthington)

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