Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 34:9

לְ֠שַׁלַּח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּ֞וֹ וְאִ֧ישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָת֛וֹ הָעִבְרִ֥י וְהָעִבְרִיָּ֖ה חָפְשִׁ֑ים לְבִלְתִּ֧י עֲבָד־בָּ֛ם בִּיהוּדִ֥י אָחִ֖יהוּ אִֽישׁ׃
lshalaḥ ʾiysh ʾet-ʿabdvo vʾiysh ʾet-shipḥatvo haʿibriy vhaʿibriyah ḥapshiym lbiltiy ʿabad-bam biyhvdiy ʾaḥiyhv ʾiysh
King James Version (KJV)

That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, {being} an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, {to wit}, of a Jew his brother.

Modern English

that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.

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