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For this you handed their leaders over to slaughter, and their bed, defiled by their treachery, was itself betrayed in blood. You struck the slaves with the chieftains and the chieftains with their retainers. (Judith 9, 3)
and these in their turn reported to the tent of Holofernes. 'Rouse our master,' they said to his major-domo, 'these slaves have dared to march down on us to attack -- and to be wiped out to a man!' (Judith 14, 13)
'The slaves have rebelled! A single Hebrew woman has brought shame on the House of Nebuchadnezzar. Holofernes is lying dead on the ground, without his head!' (Judith 14, 18)
For we have been handed over, my people and I, to destruction, slaughter and annihilation; had we merely been sold as slaves and servant-girls, I should not have said anything; but in the present case, it will be beyond the persecutor's means to make good the loss that the king is about to sustain.' (Esther 7, 4)
What he destroys, no one can rebuild; whom he imprisons, no one can release. (Job 12, 14)
The king sent orders to release him, the ruler of nations set him free; (Psalms 105, 20)
Just as the eyes of slaves are on their masters' hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on Yahweh our God, for him to take pity on us. (Psalms 123, 2)
disguised their circumcision, and abandoned the holy covenant, submitting to gentile rule as willing slaves of impiety. (1 Maccabees 1, 15)
The local merchants, hearing the news of this, arrived at the camp, bringing with them a large amount of gold and silver, and fetters as well, proposing to buy the Israelites as slaves; they were accompanied by a company from Idumaea and the Philistine country. (1 Maccabees 3, 41)
Discovering this, Jonathan sent envoys to negotiate peace terms and the release of prisoners with him. (1 Maccabees 9, 70)
'Henceforth I release you and exempt all the Jews from the tribute, the salt dues and the crown levies, (1 Maccabees 10, 29)
and whereas I am entitled to one-third of the grain and one-half of the fruit of the trees, I release from this levy, from today and for the future, Judaea and the three districts annexed to it from Samaria-Galilee, from this day henceforth in perpetuity. (1 Maccabees 10, 30)