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== Votive ==
== Votive ==


A '''''votive''' deposit or votive offering'' is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for broadly [[Religion|religious purposes]]. Some historians define a votive offering or tama as something that may be offered at the icon or shrine but sometimes historians are more superstitious than the people who survived history.
A '''''votive''' deposit or votive offering'' is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for broadly [[Religion|religious purposes]]. Some historians define a votive offering or ''tama'' as something that may be offered. In the Greek we see τάματα tamata which over the centuries has evolved into a form of votive offering eventually used in the  the Greek Orthodox Church where the Tamata might be represented by a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of ''prayer''.


What we know of votive offerings has often been obscured by a historical vision devoid of practical knowledge of the bonds of a free but temporal society. A [[Votive]] is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word ''vow'' in the Bible.
This degradation of its original meaning is more superstitious than the people who survived historically like [[early Israel]] or [[early Church]].


Votive offerings may have a religious side to them but the definition of ''[[religion]]'' has changed throughout the centuries. The only time [[religion]] is mentioned in the Bible in a good sense is its reference to [[Pure religion]] which had to do with the care and [[welfare]] of the needy of society without the institutions of [[force]] found in many governments at that time.
What we know of votive offerings has often been obscured by a historical vision devoid of practical knowledge of the [[social bonds]] of a free but practically temporal society.  


In the Old Testament, a votive offering was a voluntary offering vowed to God but not required by the Law. The technical term in Hebrew for such an offering is neder (vow).
A [[Votive]] is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word ''vow'' in the Bible.


The Torah makes provision for "[[freewill offerings]]" which may be made by any individual. These are different from [[votive]] offerings which are linked to a vow or ''prayer''. Understanding that the [[temples]] were places before they were buildings and they had a function in society like the  [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]].
"Votive offerings" from the Hebrew noun neder(נֶדֶר‎)<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref> is consistently translated "vow" but defined as a "votive offering". It is from the verb nadar(נָדַר‎)<Ref name="nadar">{{05087}}</Ref>
 
Originally it was specifically a religious term but this was when the definition of ''[[religion]]'' was how you provided for the needy of society. That has changed throughout the centuries. The only time [[religion]] is mentioned in the Bible in a good sense is its reference to [[Pure religion]] which had to do with the [[care]] and [[social welfare]] of the needy of society without the institutions of [[force]] found in many governments of the [[world]] at that time.
 
The common Hebrew word translated "freewill offering" is nëdabah(נְדָבָה‎)<Ref name="nëdabah">{{05071}}</Ref> which is not the NunDaletReish we see with the term translated "vow" but said to mean a "votive offering" but consists of the letters נְדָבָה֙ ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Beit]][[Hey]]). It is from the verb  nadab(נָדַב‎)<Ref name="nadab">{{05068}}</Ref> meaning "offered willingly". The first time we see this term in the Torah is in Exodus 25: When the LORD directs that all offering of every man must be given ''willingly'' from his heart.<Ref>Exodus 25:2  Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly <05068> with his heart ye shall take my offering.</Ref>
 
In the [[bondage of Egypt]] when the people were living in [[captivity]] their offerings were a matter of [[tribute]] because they had pledged one-fifth of their labor to the [[Pharaoh]] to obtain his [[free bread]].<Ref>Genesis 47:24  And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones...And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s.</Ref>
 
The [[Torah]] makes provision for "[[freewill offerings]]" which may be made by any individual. These are different from [[votive]] offerings which are some times linked to the term vow in the sense of  ''prayer'' which is an expression of ''intent''. Understanding that the [[temples]] were places before they were buildings and they had a function in society like the  [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]]. That God only considers freewill offerings to be righteous and ''pledges'' or promises to be binding and God seems to not favor their use.
 
In the Old Testament, a votive offering was a voluntary offering vowed (offered) to God but not required or compelled by a Law imposed by men. The technical term in Hebrew for such an ''offering'' is neder(נֶדֶר‎)<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref but translated vow. It does not mean a promise or an oath.
 
 
 
== The distinction ==
 
Vows, votive offerings and free will offerings are all offerings freely made from the heart by a free choice of the individual. But we can make at least one distinction here:


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"Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering<Ref name="ndbh">{{05071}}</Ref>; but for a vow<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref> it shall not be accepted." Leviticus 22:23
"Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering<Ref name="nëdabah">{{05071}}</Ref>; but for a vow<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref> it shall not be accepted." [[Leviticus 22]]:23
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In this verse a clear differentiation is made between the two. The [[Hebrew]] root letters for a [[freewill offerings|freewill offering]] are נדב ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Beit]]) which is the ''noun'' nadab<Ref name="ndbh">{{05071}}</Ref> from the ''verb'' nadab<Ref name="ndbh-v">{{05068}}</Ref>, but for a votive offering there are the letters נדר ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Reish]]) forming the ''noun'' neder<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref> from the root word, a ''verb'', nadar<Ref name="nadar">{{05087}}</Ref>.
In this verse a clear differentiation is made between the two. The [[Hebrew]] root letters for a [[freewill offerings|freewill offering]] are נדב ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Beit]]) which is the ''noun'' nëdabah<Ref name="nëdabah">{{05071}}</Ref> from the ''verb'' nadab<Ref name="ndbh-v">{{05068}}</Ref>, but for a votive offering there are the letters נדר ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Reish]]) forming the ''noun'' neder<Ref name="neder">{{05088}}</Ref> from the root word, a ''verb'', nadar<Ref name="nadar">{{05087}}</Ref>.
 
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{{Feed my sheep}}
{{Feed my sheep}}


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In the text we see "[as] a freewill offering"  appearing with an additional letter נְדָבָה֙ ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Beit]][[Hey]]). It takes this form some ten times<Ref>[[Exodus 35]]:29
In the text we see "[as] a freewill offering"  appearing with an additional letter נְדָבָה֙ ([[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Beit]][[Hey]]). It takes this form some ten times<Ref>[[Exodus 35]]:29
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HEB: מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב <Br>
HEB: מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב <Br>
KJV: I will love them freely: for mine anger </Ref> but appears in other form some 16 additional forms.<Ref>'''nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 10 Occ.,''' but other occurrences have different letters<Br>bin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,  
KJV: I will love them freely: for mine anger </Ref> but appears in other form some 16 additional forms.<Ref>'''nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 10 Occ.,''' but other occurrences have different letters<Br>bin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,  
han·nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,  
: han·nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,  
lin·ḏā·ḇāh — 2 Occ.,  
: lin·ḏā·ḇāh — 2 Occ.,  
nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ.,  
: nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ.,  
niḏ·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.,  
: niḏ·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.,  
niḏ·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ.,  
: niḏ·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ.,  
niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.,  
: niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.,  
niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.,  
: niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.,  
wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.,  
: wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.,  
wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 2 Occ.,  
: wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 2 Occ.,  
ḇin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.</Ref>
: ḇin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.</Ref>


In the text we see  "but for a vow" appearing with additional letters וּלְנֵ֖דֶר ([[Vav]][[Lamed]][[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Reish]]).
In the text we see  "but for a vow" appearing with additional letters וּלְנֵ֖דֶר ([[Vav]][[Lamed]][[Nun]][[Dalet]][[Reish]]).


The whole system of [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]] allowed the people to care for the needs of society without waiving individual rights. Contrary to the systems of Sodom and Gomorrah or [[Nimrod]] of [[Babylon]] and the [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] they strengthened the poor.<Ref>[[Ezekiel 16]]:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.</Ref>
 
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The whole system of [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]] allowed the people to care for the needs of society without waiving individual rights. Contrary to the systems of Sodom and Gomorrah or [[Nimrod]] of [[Babylon]] and the [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] they strengthened the poor.<Ref>[[Ezekiel 16]]:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister [[Sodom]], pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.</Ref>
 
It was not the symbols of the ancients but the spirit reflected in their form that alters men.
 
The [[tabernacle]] was a symbol of [[The Way|that way]] of [[righteousness]] taught by [[Moses]] and again by [[Jesus]]. It was a reminder in its symbolic construction of this moving monument echoed the patterns of the kingdom. It also housed a unique golden box called the "ark of the covenant" and "ark of the testimony" and "ark of the LORD". But with all its mystery it was not the tabernacle, nor its contents that made [[Israel]] a great nation.
 
What made [[Israel]] great was the willingness of the people to obey the LORD's directions in their [[heart and mind]] in order to  be a ''"[[John Wycliffe|government of the people, by the people, and for the people]]"''.
 
The [[viable republic]] that resulted from this conformity to the righteousness of God, like the [[early Church]], operated within the "[[perfect law of liberty]]" by "[[freewill offerings]]" only, which in the New Testament were called the "[[charity]]" and "[[love]]" of the [[Corban of Christ]] because they had no need for [[force]]d [[taxation]] nor the men who "call themselves [[benefactors]]" but "[[exercise authority]]<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> one over the other" in order to provide a [[social safety net]] for the [[care]] of the needy through [[pure Religion]].  They [[follow]]ed [[The Way]] of righteousness in [[fellowship]] with the [[righteousness]] of God with [[no king]] or no [[sanhedrin|legislature]] of the [[world]], and no [[covetous practices]] which makes men [[merchandise]], [[curse children]], and is [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>


== Is voting bad ==
== Is voting bad ==

Revision as of 09:54, 12 April 2023

Abramham's altars of clay and stone were systems of votive offerings which functioned differently than the city states like Sodom and Gomorrah. They were networks of free people that formed a "Polis" through charity rather than force.

Votive

A votive deposit or votive offering is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for broadly religious purposes. Some historians define a votive offering or tama as something that may be offered. In the Greek we see τάματα tamata which over the centuries has evolved into a form of votive offering eventually used in the the Greek Orthodox Church where the Tamata might be represented by a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer.

This degradation of its original meaning is more superstitious than the people who survived historically like early Israel or early Church.

What we know of votive offerings has often been obscured by a historical vision devoid of practical knowledge of the social bonds of a free but practically temporal society.

A Votive is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word vow in the Bible.

"Votive offerings" from the Hebrew noun neder(נֶדֶר‎)[1] is consistently translated "vow" but defined as a "votive offering". It is from the verb nadar(נָדַר‎)[2]

Originally it was specifically a religious term but this was when the definition of religion was how you provided for the needy of society. That has changed throughout the centuries. The only time religion is mentioned in the Bible in a good sense is its reference to Pure religion which had to do with the care and social welfare of the needy of society without the institutions of force found in many governments of the world at that time.

The common Hebrew word translated "freewill offering" is nëdabah(נְדָבָה‎)[3] which is not the NunDaletReish we see with the term translated "vow" but said to mean a "votive offering" but consists of the letters נְדָבָה֙ (NunDaletBeitHey). It is from the verb nadab(נָדַב‎)[4] meaning "offered willingly". The first time we see this term in the Torah is in Exodus 25: When the LORD directs that all offering of every man must be given willingly from his heart.[5]

In the bondage of Egypt when the people were living in captivity their offerings were a matter of tribute because they had pledged one-fifth of their labor to the Pharaoh to obtain his free bread.[6]

The Torah makes provision for "freewill offerings" which may be made by any individual. These are different from votive offerings which are some times linked to the term vow in the sense of prayer which is an expression of intent. Understanding that the temples were places before they were buildings and they had a function in society like the altars of clay and stone. That God only considers freewill offerings to be righteous and pledges or promises to be binding and God seems to not favor their use.

In the Old Testament, a votive offering was a voluntary offering vowed (offered) to God but not required or compelled by a Law imposed by men. The technical term in Hebrew for such an offering is neder(נֶדֶר‎)Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag; but for a vow[1] it shall not be accepted." Leviticus 22:23

In this verse a clear differentiation is made between the two. The Hebrew root letters for a freewill offering are נדב (NunDaletBeit) which is the noun nëdabah[3] from the verb nadab[7], but for a votive offering there are the letters נדר (NunDaletReish) forming the noun neder[1] from the root word, a verb, nadar[2].

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"Feed my sheep!"
Pastors should be like shepherds who tend to all the welfare needs of the people in a daily ministration of faith, hope, and charity, so that none of the sheep of Christ have to eat at the tables of legal charity provided by the exercising authority of the Fathers of the earth.[8]
Before Jesus was able to provide the people with loaves and fishes in Mark 6:39 He "commanded" His disciples to "make" the people sit down in Tens. And then those groups were to organize in companies upon companies in divisions and "ranks" of "fifties and hundreds".
Christ also told His disciples not to be like the rulers and princes of the Gentiles who provided benefits by exercising authority one over the other.
Everyone who got the Baptism of Christ was "put out" by the ordinance of the Pharisees of the Jewish synagogue system which was also composed of ten families through which they provided welfare with the "Corban" of the people.
Christ appointed a kingdom to His "called out" group He called His "little flock" to be ministers or servants to the people in "free assemblies" not rulers like the "benefactors" of the "world" who "exercise authority". Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit to gather in order to love one another. The minister is supposed to be serving by making or requiring the people voluntarily organize themselves in Companies of tens, fifties and hundreds, and thousands so that people may love one another through daily ministration in the practice of Pure Religion as we see the early Church doing in history for centuries.
If all the people who say they are Christians were actually doing what Christ commanded, socialism would be obsolete and no one could be or would be exploited. Socialism is the religion you get when you refuse to do what Christ commanded and have no Pure Religion.


In the text we see "[as] a freewill offering" appearing with an additional letter נְדָבָה֙ (NunDaletBeitHey). It takes this form some ten times[9] but appears in other form some 16 additional forms.[10]

In the text we see "but for a vow" appearing with additional letters וּלְנֵ֖דֶר (VavLamedNunDaletReish).



The whole system of altars of clay and stone allowed the people to care for the needs of society without waiving individual rights. Contrary to the systems of Sodom and Gomorrah or Nimrod of Babylon and the Pharaoh of Egypt they strengthened the poor.[11]

It was not the symbols of the ancients but the spirit reflected in their form that alters men.

The tabernacle was a symbol of that way of righteousness taught by Moses and again by Jesus. It was a reminder in its symbolic construction of this moving monument echoed the patterns of the kingdom. It also housed a unique golden box called the "ark of the covenant" and "ark of the testimony" and "ark of the LORD". But with all its mystery it was not the tabernacle, nor its contents that made Israel a great nation.

What made Israel great was the willingness of the people to obey the LORD's directions in their heart and mind in order to be a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people".

The viable republic that resulted from this conformity to the righteousness of God, like the early Church, operated within the "perfect law of liberty" by "freewill offerings" only, which in the New Testament were called the "charity" and "love" of the Corban of Christ because they had no need for forced taxation nor the men who "call themselves benefactors" but "exercise authority[12] one over the other" in order to provide a social safety net for the care of the needy through pure Religion. They followed The Way of righteousness in fellowship with the righteousness of God with no king or no legislature of the world, and no covetous practices which makes men merchandise, curse children, and is idolatry.[13]

Is voting bad

So much has changed since the original Constitution when we could say that the “People of a state are entitled to all rights which formerly belonged to the king by his prerogative.”[14] Or we could argue that “In one sense, the term ‘sovereign’ has for its correlative ‘subject.’ In this sense, the term can receive no application; for it has no object in the [Original] Constitution of the United States. Under that Constitution there are citizens, but no subjects.”[15] “For when the revolution took place, the people of each state became themselves sovereign; and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them, for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the constitution to the general government.”[16]

Originally, citizenship did not include the title or sense of subject ,but later in the United States, we see a citizenship binding subjects to the laws of a “sovereign”. Prior to the Fourteenth Amendment, “No private person has a right to complain, by suit in court, on the ground of a breach of Constitution. The constitution it is true, is a compact, but he is not a party to it. The states are party to it.”[17]


Today, “in the United States ‘it [citizenship] is a political obligation’ depending not on ownership of land, but on the enjoyment of the protection of government; and it ‘binds the citizen to the observance of all laws’ of his sovereign.”[18]

This is not so much do to the fact that legislators have altered laws but because the people have altered their relationship with the government. Because of the rise of the welfare state and the people not “Constantly bearing in mind that in entering into society individuals must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest…"[19] the status of American citizenship has changed. People today are already in a political system that is a direct or indirect democracy certainly have motivation at least to vote for their own protection.

Democracies are not always a good form of government and for centuries in America they were not considered to good. In fact, until World War II democracy was considered “A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic - negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard for consequences. Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.”[20]

If you live in a democracy and you have a right to vote. You certainly may feel a need to vote in self defense in order to protect yourself and your neighbor from the covetous practices of the welfare state and those who desire to rule over and even rob their neighbor through socialist schemes of wealth distribution.

John Adams: “Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."

Israel, before they made the grave mistake of electing to have a king/commander in chief supported their government entirely with freewill offerings. They had gathered in small groups tens and linked those groups through a network of tens, hundreds and thousands. Jesus commanded that his disciples do the same thing. The primary purpose was to create a daily ministration based on charity rather than the forced contributions of Rome and Herod.

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“Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

Herod had set up such a system if compelled sacrifices of the people with the support of the Pharisees which is referenced in the Bible as Corban. It was a system of taxation to fund the welfare system of Judea.

Originally welfare in free societies were based on a systems of charity. That system of votive offerings was originally based on faith, hope and charity but under these systems which are rooted in force, fear, and fealty the nation is altered. This can be seen under FDR's New Deal or LBJ's Great Society. Any system of forced offerings makes the people merchandise and often curse children with debt. It is because these systems of socialism are essentially covetous practices that make the people a surety for debt.

The Bible is filled with warnings of these one purse schemes which run to death.


We have only a few things to do:

Repent which means to think a different way.
Seek to establish a government that run on love and charity instead of fear and force.
Seek righteousness in everything we do where ever we are at or what ever status we are in.
While we do that we should do that together in small intimate groups networked together.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 05088 ^רדנ^ neder \@neh’- der\@ or ^רדנ^ neder \@nay’- der\@ from the verb nadar 05087; n m; {See TWOT on 1308 @@ "1308a"} AV-vow 58, vowed 2; 60
    1) vow, votive offering
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 05087 ^רדנ^ nadar \@naw-dar’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1308} AV-vow 30, made 1; 31
    1) to vow, make a vow
    1a) (Qal) to vow a vow
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 05071 ^הבדנ^ nᵉdabah \@ned-aw-baw’\@ NunDaletBeitHey from 05068 NunDaletBeit offer willingly; n f; {See TWOT on 1299 @@ "1299a"} AV-freewill offering 15, offerings 9, free offering 2, freely 2, willing offering 1, voluntary offering 1, plentiful 1, voluntarily 1, voluntary 1, willing 1, willingly 1; 26
    1) voluntariness, free-will offering
    1a) voluntariness
    1b) freewill, voluntary, offering
  4. ↑ 05068 ^בדנ^ nadab \@naw-dab’\@ a primitive root BeitDaletNun; v; {See TWOT on 1299} AV-offered willingly 6, willingly offered 5, willing 2, offered 1, willing 1, offered freely 1, give willingly 1; 17
    1) to incite, impel, make willing
    1a) (Qal) to incite, impel
    1b) (Hithpael)
    1b1) to volunteer
    1b2) to offer free-will offerings
    • See also 05069 בדנ nᵉdab translated AV-freely offered, freewill offering, offering willingly, minded of their own freewill; defined
    to volunteer, offer freely
  5. ↑ Exodus 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly <05068> with his heart ye shall take my offering.
  6. ↑ Genesis 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones...And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s.
  7. ↑ 05068 ^בדנ^ nadab \@naw-dab’\@ a primitive root BeitDaletNun; v; {See TWOT on 1299} AV-offered willingly 6, willingly offered 5, willing 2, offered 1, willing 1, offered freely 1, give willingly 1; 17
    1) to incite, impel, make willing
    1a) (Qal) to incite, impel
    1b) (Hithpael)
    1b1) to volunteer
    1b2) to offer free-will offerings
    • See also 05069 בדנ nᵉdab translated AV-freely offered, freewill offering, offering willingly, minded of their own freewill; defined
    to volunteer, offer freely
  8. ↑ "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:10
  9. ↑ Exodus 35:29 HEB: בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל נְדָבָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ פ
    KJV: brought a willing offering unto the LORD,
    Exodus 36:3
    HEB: אֵלָ֥יו ע֛וֹד נְדָבָ֖ה בַּבֹּ֥קֶר בַּבֹּֽקֶר׃
    KJV: it [withal]. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
    Leviticus 7:16
    HEB: נֶ֣דֶר ׀ א֣וֹ נְדָבָ֗ה זֶ֚בַח קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ
    KJV: [be] a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten
    Leviticus 22:23
    HEB: שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ
    KJV: that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering; but for a vow
    Deuteronomy 23:23
    HEB: לַיהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נְדָבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ
    KJV: and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed Ezra 3:5
    HEB: וּלְכֹ֛ל מִתְנַדֵּ֥ב נְדָבָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃
    KJV: and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
    Ezra 8:28
    HEB: וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף וְהַזָּהָב֙ נְדָבָ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י
    KJV: and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD
    Ezekiel 46:12
    HEB: יַעֲשֶׂה֩ הַנָּשִׂ֨יא נְדָבָ֜ה עוֹלָ֣ה אֽוֹ־
    KJV: shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering
    Ezekiel 46:12
    HEB: אֽוֹ־ שְׁלָמִים֮ נְדָבָ֣ה לַֽיהוָה֒ וּפָ֣תַֽח
    KJV: or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD,
    Hosea 14:4
    HEB: מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב
    KJV: I will love them freely: for mine anger
  10. ↑ nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 10 Occ., but other occurrences have different letters
    bin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,
    han·nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.,
    lin·ḏā·ḇāh — 2 Occ.,
    nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ.,
    niḏ·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.,
    niḏ·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ.,
    niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.,
    niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.,
    wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.,
    wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 2 Occ.,
    ḇin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
  11. ↑ Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  12. ↑ Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  13. ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  14. ↑ Lansing vs Smith 21 D. 89...4 Wendell 9, 20 (1829)
  15. ↑ Chishom v.Georgia, 2 Dall. (U.S.) 419,455, 1L Ed 440 (1793).
  16. ↑ Martin vs Waddell, 41 US (16 Pet) 367, 410 (1842)
  17. ↑ Supreme Court of Ga, Padelford, Fay & Co. vs Mayor& Alderman, City of Savannah, 14 Ga. 438,520 (1854)
  18. ↑ Julliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S.421
  19. ↑ Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1833.
  20. ↑ 1928 U.S. Army Training Manual
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