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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Interpretation
A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 34:12-16.