Thematic Bible: Divine Ownership


Thematic Bible





And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for all the earth is mine}, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood


And indeed, who [am] I, and who [are] my people that we retain power to offer according to these [offerings] willingly? For everything [is] from you, and from your hand we have given to you. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGiving, Of PossessionsGiving, Of OneselfGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, The ProviderGiving To GodRespect, For EnvironmentHumility, Examples OfResponsibility, Of Natural WorldVolunteeringGiving Back

Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine, and Ephraim [is] the {helmet for} my head; Judah [is] my scepter. Verse ConceptsSceptreResponsibility, Of Natural WorldHelmetsPeople Belong To God

[The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them. Verse ConceptsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNatureRespect, For EnvironmentResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodEarthThe Earth


because all [the] firstborn [are] mine; on the day of my killing all [the] firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all [the] firstborn in Israel, {both humankind and animal}; they will be mine. I am Yahweh." Verse ConceptsClaimsDeath Of The FirstbornI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

"Consecrate to me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the {Israelites}, among humans and among domestic animals; {it belongs to me}." Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationClaimsCeremoniesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodThe Act Of OpeningConsecrationOpening The WombPeople Belong To GodMaking People HolyRegulating SacrificesDedicationSanctification

" 'However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox {or} small livestock, it is for Yahweh. Verse ConceptsClaimsAll Things Belong To God

And the firstborn of our sons and beasts--as it is written in the law--and the firstborn of our cattle and sheep, to bring to the house of our God [and] to the priests serving in the house of our God. Verse ConceptsFirstbornClaims

But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked [wife] {by giving} him a double portion of {all that he has}, for he [is] the firstfruit of his vigor; to him [is] the legal claim of the birthright. Verse ConceptsHeirsDouble Portions

Every first offspring of a womb [is] for me--all of your male livestock, [the] first offspring of cattle and small livestock. Verse ConceptsLivestockClaimsChild sacrificePeople Belong To God



[Like] this do you treat Yahweh, foolish and {unwise} people? [Has] he not, your father, created you? He made you, and he established you. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGiving, Of OneselfFolly, Examples OfClaimsIngratitudeMetaphorsPeople Of God, In OtCharacter Of WickedIngratitude To GodFoolish PeopleCreation Of All Mankind


{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies. Verse ConceptsPasturing The FlockPeople Possessing Other Thingsadoration

Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do according to your word; only make for me a small bread cake from it first, and bring it out to me. Make it for yourself and for your son afterward. Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking


because all [the] firstborn [are] mine; on the day of my killing all [the] firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all [the] firstborn in Israel, {both humankind and animal}; they will be mine. I am Yahweh." Verse ConceptsClaimsDeath Of The FirstbornI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

then you shall take from the firstfruit of all the fruit of the ground that you harvest from your land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, and you shall put [it] in a basket, and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose to make his name to dwell there. Verse ConceptsChoicesBaskets, Uses OfWorship, Places OfA Place For God's NameFirst fruits