'Ransom' in the Bible

If instead a ransom is demanded of him, he can pay a redemption price for his life in the full amount demanded from him.

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of killing someone; he must be put to death.

Neither should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to his city of refuge, allowing him to return and live in the land before the death of the high priest.

and to be gracious to him and say,“Spare him from going down to the Pit;I have found a ransom,”

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

Yet these cannot redeem a personor pay his ransom to God—

Draw near to me and redeem me;ransom me because of my enemies.

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,but a poor man hears no threat.

The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,and the treacherous, for the upright.

For I Yahweh your God,the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior,give Egypt as a ransom for you,Cush and Seba in your place.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.I will redeem them from death.Death, where are your barbs?Sheol, where is your sting?Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

who gave Himself—a ransom for all,a testimony at the proper time.