“But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.”
But then 'afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free.' The reversal represents a profound covenant violation. The people's return to slavery demonstrates the superficiality of their covenant renewal.
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