8 occurrences

'Free' in the Bible

"You, generation, pay attention to this message from the LORD! Am I the desert to Israel, or a land of gloom? Why do my people say, "We're free to roam? We won't come to you anymore.'

Verse ConceptsGenerationsInfidelity To GodComing To GodDeserts Used FigurativelyNot Seeking God

The LORD said, "Have I not set you free for a good purpose? Have I not intervened for you with your enemies in times of trouble and times of distress?

Verse ConceptsProtection From EnemiesGetting Through Hard Times

"I'll give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder, for free, because of all your sins throughout your territory.

Verse ConceptsTreasureFree Of Chargeborders

Each person was to set free his male and female slaves who were Hebrews, so that no Jewish person would enslave his brother.

Verse ConceptsRegulations For Men And Women

All the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant agreed that each would set his male and female slaves free so that they would not enslave them any longer. They obeyed and they released them.

Verse ConceptsRegulations For Men And Womenliberation

But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Changing Their MindsMaking Slaves

"At the end of seven years, each of you is to set free your fellow Hebrew who has sold himself to you and has served you for six years. You are to send him out from you with no further obligation." But your ancestors didn't obey me or pay attention.

Verse ConceptsListeningSabbatical YearYearsCancellation Of DeptSix YearsSeven YearsPeople Freeing Slavesfreeliberation

But then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves whom you had set free according to their desire, and you forced them to become male and female slaves."'

Verse ConceptsIrreverencePeople Changing Their MindsMaking Slaves

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Absolve (2 instances)
Complimentary (3 instances)
Costless (1 instance)
Detached (1 instance)
Discharge (34 instances)
Dislodge (2 instances)
Impure (44 instances)
Independent (4 instances)
Justify (21 instances)
Liberal (12 instances)
Liberate (4 instances)
Regular (105 instances)
Release (142 instances)
Relieve (21 instances)
Relinquish (1 instance)
Resign (2 instances)
Spare (96 instances)
Unloose (5 instances)

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