פּירוש אויף ירמיהו 34:8

“The word which came to Jeremiah” [34:8]. God spoke to Jeremiah that King Zedekiah should make a covenant with the people of Israel, to proclaim freedom for all the people. Everyone should set free his or her Jewish male and female slaves, so that one Jew should not serve his brother.

after King Zedekiah had made a covenant In the seventh year of his reign. So we learned it in Seder Olam (ch. 26): “And it came to pass in the seventh year...men came of the elders of Judah (sic) to inquire of the Lord” (Ezekiel 20:1). They said to Ezekiel, ‘The slave of a priest whom his owner sold what is the ruling regarding whether he may eat of the priest’s due?’ That is to say, because they wanted to say that they should not be punished for infracting the commandment by returning the slaves.