Thematic Bible: Divine Ownership
Thematic Bible
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
The world, and those who dwell in it.
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Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;
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‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.
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“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
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“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.
‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.
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divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine; I am the Lord.”
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“Sanctify to Me [that is, set apart for My purpose] every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is Mine.”
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‘However, the firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate, whether an ox or a sheep. It is [already] the Lord’s.
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as well as the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests who minister in the house of our God.
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Instead he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the beginning of his strength (generative power); to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
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“All the firstborn males among your livestock belong to Me, whether cattle or sheep.
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divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?
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“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]?
He has made you and established you [as a nation].
Behold (pay close attention), all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.
(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
divine Ownership » Of men's possessions
Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. Just make me a little bread from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.
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for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine; I am the Lord.”
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that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence).
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