Leviticus 25:10
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10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and (A)proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; (B)and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
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Jeremiah 34:8
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Treacherous Treatment of Slaves
8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim (A)liberty to them:
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Isaiah 63:4
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4 For the (A)day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)as free, yet not (B)using liberty as a cloak for [a]vice, but as bondservants of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 (E)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And (F)the day of vengeance of our God;
(G)To comfort all who mourn,
3 To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
(H)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(I)The planting of the Lord, (J)that He may be glorified.”
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- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
- Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
Leviticus 25:13
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13 (A)‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.
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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, (B)out of the house of [a]bondage.
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- Exodus 20:2 slaves
Galatians 4:25-5:1
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25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(B)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (C)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (D)children of promise. 29 But, as (E)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (F)even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does (G)the Scripture say? (H)“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for (I)the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Christian Liberty
5 (J)Stand[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a (K)yoke of bondage.
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- Galatians 5:1 NU For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore, and
2 Corinthians 3:17
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17 Now (A)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)liberty.
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Romans 6:17-18
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17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart (A)that form of doctrine to which you were [a]delivered. 18 And (B)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
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- Romans 6:17 entrusted
Luke 1:74
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74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might (A)serve Him without fear,
Psalm 146:7
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7 (A)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
(B)Who gives food to the hungry.
(C)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
2 Peter 2:19-20
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19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [a]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [b]bondage. 20 For if, after they (B)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (C)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
John 8:32-36
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32 And you shall know the (A)truth, and (B)the truth shall make you free.”
33 They answered Him, (C)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (D)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (E)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (F)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
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Zechariah 9:11-12
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God Will Save His People
11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (A)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold,
(B)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore (C)double to you.
Isaiah 49:24-25
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25 But thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
And the prey of the terrible be delivered;
For I will contend with him who contends with you,
And I will save your children.
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- Isaiah 49:24 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, Syr., Vg. of the mighty; LXX unjustly
Luke 4:16-21
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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth(A)
16 So He came to (B)Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, (C)He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “The(D) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (E)set at liberty those who are [b]oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is (F)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 made a (A)covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, 14 “At the end of (B)seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who [a]has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you.” But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear. 15 Then you [b]recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you (C)made a covenant before Me (D)in the house which is called by My name. 16 Then you turned around and (E)profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’
17 “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. (F)Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the Lord—(G)‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to (H)trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth.
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- Jeremiah 34:14 Or sold himself
- Jeremiah 34:15 Lit. today
Isaiah 49:9
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9 That You may say (A)to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
Ezra 1:3
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3 Who 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 build the house of the Lord God of Israel (A)(He is God), which is in Jerusalem.
Numbers 36:2-9
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2 And they said: (A)“The Lord commanded my lord Moses to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and (B)my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 Now if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be (C)taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when (D)the Jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: (E)“What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them [a]marry whom they think best, (F)but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’ 7 So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall (G)keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And (H)every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be the wife of one of the family of her father’s tribe, so that the children of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Thus no inheritance shall change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep its own inheritance.”
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- Numbers 36:6 Lit. be wives to
Leviticus 25:33-34
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33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But (A)the field of the common-land of their cities may not be (B)sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
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Leviticus 25:26-28
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26 Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it, 27 then (A)let him count the years since its sale, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession. 28 But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; (B)and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
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Leviticus 27:17-24
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17 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall (A)reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19 And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him. 20 But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 21 but the field, (B)when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a (C)devoted field; it shall be (D)the possession of the priest.
22 ‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of (E)his possession, 23 then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the Lord. 24 (F)In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession.
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