⁵ Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel ^(A)swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.

Treacherous Treatment of Slaves

⁸ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim ^(A)liberty to them:

^9 (A)that every man should set free his male and female slave—a Hebrew man or woman—^(B)that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage.