Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 34:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 34:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 34:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, when the important leaders and all the people heard that they should let their servants go free, they listened and did what they were told, letting their servants go. This means they chose to do the right thing and free the people who worked for them.

Jeremiah 34:10: Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go.

Contradiction with Leviticus 25:44-46

This verse permits the Israelites to buy and own slaves from surrounding nations, contradicting the notion of setting slaves free in Jeremiah 34:10.

Leviticus 25:44-46: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Contradiction with Ephesians 6:5

Advises servants to obey their masters, which contrasts with Jeremiah 34:10 where freeing servants is discussed.

Ephesians 6:5: Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:1

Encourages servants to honor their masters, unlike the release of servants in Jeremiah 34:10.

1 Timothy 6:1: Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 15:12

Specifies a term of six years for Hebrew servants, which contrasts with the immediate release as seen in Jeremiah 34:10.

Deuteronomy 15:12: [And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Contradiction with Exodus 21:2

Describes a time-limited servitude of six years before freeing, differing from the agreement in Jeremiah 34:10 to free immediately.

Exodus 21:2: If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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