that every man should let his Hebrew slaves, male and female, go free, so that no one should make a slave of a Jew, his brother.

“At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself [into servitude] or who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall release him from [serving] you; but your forefathers did not listen [submissively] to Me or obey Me.