6714 ransom
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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The price paid for redemption, that is, for setting something or someone free from some form of obligation or captivity.

Ransom paid for what has been devoted to the Lord

Exodus 13:12-13; Exodus 30:11-16; Exodus 34:20; Leviticus 27:1-33; Numbers 3:40-51; Numbers 18:14-17

Ransom of a person's life instead of punishment

Exodus 21:28-32

Ransom from poverty and misfortune, including widowhood

See also

Leviticus 25:25-28,47-55; Ruth 4:1-13; Proverbs 13:8

Limitations on ransom payments

Numbers 35:31-32 See also Leviticus 27:29

Paying a ransom to God

Psalm 49:7-8 See also Exodus 30:12-16; Job 33:24

Promises of redemption for the Lord's ransomed people

Isaiah 51:11 pp Isaiah 35:10 See also Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 43:3-5; Jeremiah 31:11; Hosea 13:14

The death of Jesus Christ seen as a ransom

Mark 10:45 pp Matthew 20:28 See also Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:15; 2 Peter 2:1

The priceless value of the ransom of Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 See also 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 5:9

See also

1315  God as redeemer
2321  Christ as redeemer
2410  cross, the
6658  freedom
6720  redemption
6752  substitution
7140  people of God
7314  blood
7388  kinsman-redeemer
7446  slavery
7482  Year of Jubilee



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