Leviticus 25:10
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10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and (A)proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of (B)you shall return to his clan.
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Jeremiah 34:8
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8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah (A)had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem (B)to make a proclamation of liberty to them,
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Isaiah 63:4
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- Isaiah 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed
1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (B)living as servants[a] of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another.
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Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
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- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
Leviticus 25:13
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13 (A)“In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
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Exodus 20:2
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2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Galatians 4:25-5:1
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25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia;[a] she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But (A)the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,
(B)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
28 Now you,[b] brothers, (C)like Isaac, (D)are children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (E)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (F)so also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? (G)“Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but (H)of the free woman.
Christ Has Set Us Free
5 For (I)freedom Christ has (J)set us free; (K)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (L)a yoke of (M)slavery.
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- Galatians 4:25 Some manuscripts For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia
- Galatians 4:28 Some manuscripts we
2 Corinthians 3:17
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17 Now the Lord[a] is the Spirit, and where (A)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)freedom.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:17 Or this Lord
Romans 6:17-18
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17 But (A)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (B)standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, (C)having been set free from sin, (D)have become slaves of righteousness.
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Luke 1:74
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74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him (A)without fear,
Psalm 146:7
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(C)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
2 Peter 2:19-20
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19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, (C)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (D)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (E)the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
John 8:32-36
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32 and you will (A)know the truth, and the truth (B)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (C)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin. 35 (E)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (F)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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Isaiah 49:24-25
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24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant[a] be rescued?
25 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man
Luke 4:16-21
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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 (A)And he came to (B)Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And (C)as was his custom, (D)he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up (E)to read. 17 And (F)the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 (G)“The Spirit of the Lord (H)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (I)proclaim good news to the poor.
(J)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (K)recovering of sight to the blind,
(L)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (M)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (N)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (O)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (P)this Scripture (Q)has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
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Jeremiah 34:13-17
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13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when (A)I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying, 14 (B)‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; (C)you must set him free from your service.’ But (D)your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me. 15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes (E)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and (F)you made a covenant before me in the (G)house that is called by my name, 16 but then you turned around (H)and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, (I)whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.
17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me (J)by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; (K)behold, I proclaim to you liberty (L)to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. (M)I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Isaiah 49:9
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9 (A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
Ezra 1:3
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3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—(A)he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Numbers 36:2-9
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2 They said, (A)“The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and (B)my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. 3 But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when (C)the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph (D)is right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, (E)only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. 7 The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel (F)shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And (G)every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”
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Leviticus 25:33-34
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33 And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel. 34 But the fields (A)of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.
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Leviticus 25:26-28
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26 If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, 27 let (A)him calculate the years since he sold it and pay back the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property. 28 But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall (B)be released, and (C)he shall return to his property.
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Leviticus 27:17-24
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17 If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand, 18 but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall (A)calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation. 19 (B)And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a (C)fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his. 20 But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21 But the field, (D)when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been (E)devoted. The priest shall be in (F)possession of it. 22 If he dedicates to the Lord a field that he has bought, (G)which is not a part of his possession, 23 (H)then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the Lord. 24 (I)In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession.
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