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234 SCRIPTURES on the theme of Freedom

John 8:36 So, 😇, if [YAH's] son sets you free, you [live in] absolute freedom.
Galatians 5:1 So, 😇, stand fast in the independence with which the Messiah has made us [believers] free. Never get entangled again with ANY ‘yoke’ of bondage: [Jewish, national, economic, you name it].
note: Never swear any oath, not even an oath to follow YHVH's instructions. Just do YAH's will. Yahshua says it's better to say, ‘I will not follow you,’ (and then follow), than to bind yourself to a promise you can't keep.
Exodus 6:11 [YAH] says, “Go into [the devil's throne-room in the palace at Zoan {Eastern-Nile-Delta}. There] command Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let Israel's descendants emigrate from [Egyptian] territory.”
Exodus 8:1 [Then] YHVH says to Moses, “Go [back] to Pharaoh. Say to him, ‘YHVH says, “Let my people go, so they can serve Me [instead of you].
note: The purpose of freedom is to serve YHVH. If you don't use your freedom to serve your Creator, you will lose your freedom. Witness how every secular state falls to oppression.
Exodus 12:31 So Pharaoh summons Moses and Aaron that night, 😇. [Pharaoh moans], “Get up and get out from among my people. You and [all] the descendants of Israel, begone! Serve YHVH, like you demanded.
Ezra 7:24 —Also we [the royal court] certify [to] you that it will never be lawful to impose [any] tax, tribute, or duty on any of the Cohanim {Priests}, Levites, singers, gate-keepers, Nethinim {Gifted-Ones}, or workers of this temple of Elāhāh {The-Supreme-Being}.
note: A good government NEVER taxes bona-fide, nonprofit religious activity. This is why the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution imposes strict scrutiny on any action against religion. Still, bad governments torment YAH's people. Witness the Russian pogroms.
IsaiYAH 61:1 The Spirit of the Adonai YHVH [rests] upon me, 😇! YHVH anoints me [to herald] rosy [news] to meek, [depressed, needy] people. [YAH] sends me to bandage up brokenhearted [saints,] to proclaim independence for captives, to open the dungeons where [victims lie] shackled.
Exodus 9:1 Then YHVH says to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh's [palace yet again]. Tell him, ‘YHVH, Elohim of the Hebrews, decrees: “Let my people go, so they can serve Me [instead of you].
Exodus 11:8 [Moses continues, “Pharaoh,] all your servants soon fall [on their faces to] bow down to me. They beg [me], ‘Go out [of Egypt! Take] all the people who [follow] in your footsteps!’ Then I go out.” Finally, 😇, in the heat of [great] anger, Moses storms out from Pharaoh.
Exodus 12:33 The Egyptians rush to send [the nation of Israel] out of [north African] territory. [The pagans] cry, “[If we don't let the Hebrews go, YHVH] will kill us all!”
Exodus 12:41 Exactly at the end of the 430 years, to the day, 😇, all the [vast] tribes of YHVH's [people] emigrate out from the land of Egypt.
note: Abraham left Chaldean Ur on the 15th day of the month.
Numbers (Journeys) 33:3 The [Israelites] depart from [the city of] Raamses {Born-By-Ra} in [~March/April,] the 1st month [of the Hebrew year], that is, on the 15th day of the 1st month, the morning after the Passover, 😇. The [2 million] descendants of Israel rush out, hands [lifted] high [in bold, “illegal” praise to YHVH] in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Psalms 105:37 [So YAH] brings [the Hebrews] out of Egypt laden with silver and gold, 😇. Every [last] tribe brims with [strong, healthy freed-slaves]!
note: lit. Not one feeble person among Israel's tribes.
IsaiYAH 10:27 See the day dawn when [YAH] takes [your slave-master's] burden from your shoulders, 😇. [The world-system's] yoke lifts off your neck. Your shackles fly apart in the face of your strength.
IsaiYAH 52:2 😇, shake yourself from the dust! Rise up and take your throne, City-Of-Peace! Captive daughter-population of [mount] Zion, free yourself from the chains around your neck!
note: Great Isaiah 52:2 song: Shake Off Your Dust!
Matthew 12:4 —[King] David entered YHVH's sanctuary. [David] ate the holy bread reserved only for priests, bread [considered] unlawful for David and his companions to eat.
Luke 6:4 —David {Love} walks into the Sanctuary of [YHVH] the Eloah. Then [David] grabs and eats the holy bread, which [by the letter of the law] only priests are allowed to eat. [David] even gives some bread to [his men]!
Galatians 5:13 Brothers, [YAH] calls you to independence. Not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. But freedom to serve one another in love, 😇.
note: We serve to love, not because we are oath-bound slaves. We have freedom (power) to do right. We have no freedom to do things that YAH has told people he doesn't want people to do. We have no freedom to habitually abuse our bodies by eating unclean foods. We have no freedom to apply for benefits from and make agreements with and pledge allegiance to pagan nations. We have no freedom to betray and divorce our spouses. We have no freedom to chase money all day while we let the pagan nations become the superior parents of our children.
Exodus 12:40 So, 😇, after 430 years of sojourning [and] living in Egypt, the “children of Israel” [finally sleep in freedom]!
note: 430 years = counting from the promise to Abraham in ex 12:40. Only 215 years of the "sojourn" was actual living in Egypt.
Leviticus 25:13 In Jubilee year, return [anything you, 😇 have borrowed, stolen, or are holding as collateral], to whoever owns it.
2nd Chronicles 36:23 “Emperor Cyrus {Sun} of Persia announces: ‘YHVH (the Elohim of heaven) has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He commands me to build him a temple in Jerusalem, in Judea. Whoever among [my Empire] is of [YAH's] people, [I pray that] YHVH, your Elohim, stays with you. Travel up [home to Jerusalem]!’”
Ezra 6:7 —Leave the work (of this temple of [YHVH] the Eloah) alone. Let the Jewish governor and the Jewish elders re-build [their] temple of [YHVH] the Eloah on its [original] foundations.
note: All good government gives free reign to YHVH's servants. The devil's government impedes the work of YAH's servants. To find out which government you live under, drive a car down the street with no license plate, without a driver's license. When the cop stops you, present him with a notarized, doubly-witnessed statement identifying you as an envoy of the kingdom of heaven. If the cop hassles you, then you're living under bad government.
IsaiYAH 13:14 [Imperial slaves] race like chased deer, 😇. [They dodge their captors' grasp] like sheep escaping handlers' hands. All [Babylon's] exiles sprint for their homelands, faces-set to reunite with their country [and] kin.
note: Freedom is the beautiful fruit of this horrible war.
IsaiYAH 14:8 Even fir-trees shine [in joy, looking down] on [the dead tyrant]. The Lebanon {White-Mountain} cedars sing, ‘[YAH] chopped down [the dictator]! The logger can't get up, 😇!’
note: Trees = people.
IsaiYAH 49:9 You, 😇, announce to [the world's] bound-slaves, ‘Break out [of the devil's prison]!’ [You] command refugees crouching in darkness, ‘Come out into the [light]!’ [The starving fugitives] feed along [pastoral] paths. They [graze] on all [earth's] high [mountain] plateaus.
JeremiYAH 34:14 [I commanded,] ‘At the end of 7 years, every one of you has to free his Hebrew brother. [Your worker] sold his labor [rights] to you for 6 years, [not for life]. So let him go free from you.’ But your forefathers continually refused to listen to me. They didn't even stretch their ears [in my direction].
note: Anti-slavery statute.
Matthew 12:1 A short time passes, 😇. YahShua goes walking through some fields of grain on the Sabbath. [So] YahShua's hungry disciples start breaking off heads of wheat and eating the grain.
Mark 2:25 YahShua answers [those judgmental religionists], “Have you never read what [King] David did when he and his companions grew hungry for lack of food?
Mark 2:26 —In the days of high priest Abiathar {Father-Of-Abundance}, [king] David ran into the sanctuary of [YHVH] the Eloah. [David] ate the holy bread, which is only lawful for the priests to eat. Then David gave that bread to his companions.”
note: A commentator says, ‘With the Chief Priest Abiathar right there watching, David ate the Bread of the Presence.’
Luke 6:1 [Time passes, 😇.] One Sabbath day, YahShua walks through someone's grain fields. YahShua's disciples pluck the [heads of grain]. They rub the kernels in their hands. They eat.
note: Or ‘ears of corn.’
Acts 22:28 The Colonel answers, “I paid a fortune to obtain [my] freedom.” But Paul [cleverly] answers, “I was born free.”
note: Paul speaks in code, referring to Yahshua's words regarding being born again, subject to no man, having received the free gift of salvation.
1st Corinthians 7:21 Were you a slave/employee when you were called, 😇? Don't let that trouble you. But get free as soon as you can.
note: Get out of any human master-servant relationship by the most immediate lawful means. That means: lawfully exit all contracts. Dutifully fulfill and then rescind any oath you've sworn. Get released from prison. Remove yourself from any government benefit program such as social security or the military. Get orderly release from any employee job, all of which are by definition master-servant relationships forbidden by Christ himself.
1st Corinthians 7:22 [Believers] who were slaves [or employees] when [YHVH] Adonai called them are now [spiritually] the Adonai's free people, 😇. [Believers] who were free when Elohim chose them are now servants of the Messiah.
2nd Corinthians 3:17 Now, 😇, Adonai [YHVH] is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of Adonai is, there is independence.
note: Very clearly, the 'Spirit' is not a 2nd person of the ‘Godhead.’ The Holy Spirit is YHVH manifesting in people's hearts.
Genesis 30:26 Let me take my wives and my children, who I [bought by] slaving for you [for 14 years]! And let me go because you know [what great] service I've given you.”
Exodus 8:2 And if you refuse to let [My people] go, watch me plague your country [from border to border] with [vast hordes of] frogs.
note: Again, the penalty matches the idolatry: Egyptians worship rapidly spawning frogs as symbols of fertility.
Exodus 11:1 So YHVH says to Moses, “I soon bring one final plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Then [Pharaoh] lets you emigrate away from here forever. Not only does he let you go, he drives you all the way out [of north Africa]!
Exodus 21:2 If you, 😇, buy [the rights to the full-time work of] a Hebrew servant, [the longest] he can remain in indentured service is 6 years. In the 7th year he will be out [of your debt], free [of his obligation], without having to pay [you] anything.
note: The 6-year term-limit exists to discourage people from buying indentured servants.
Deuteronomy 6:21 Then you'll say to your offspring, “We were Pharaoh's bound [slaves] in Egypt until YHVH brought us out of Egypt with [His] mighty hand.
Deuteronomy 23:15 Never return any [fugitive] debt-worker who escapes from his boss [then runs] to you, 😇.
note: The evil Code of Hammurabi specifies the death penalty for harboring a fugitive slave. In contrast, the Hebrew Law gives no remedy to slave-masters in the event their indentured-servants run away. This is so the master will treat his servants kindly. Well-cared-for workers have little motivation to run away. This proves that Hebrew Law does not condone slavery, though it provides for limited voluntary indentured servitude. Employees go to the same dead-end jobs decade after decade, and can't bear the thought of being fired. (Employment is defined at Law as a Master-Servant relationship. Employees are the legal servants of the government-corporate master, says any Law dictionary.) Indentured servants under Hebrew law were similar to today's employees, though they had fixed terms and the master's could smack them around (within narrow limits) without legal penalty, but at risk of the worker running away.
Deuteronomy 30:19 Today, 😇, I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I place before you [a free choice between] life and death, blessing and cursing. So choose life, 😇, so that both you and your seed-children can live.
Psalms 68:13 [Slave-girls] who used to lie [asleep] between [rows of] dirty cattle-stalls now [dress] in dove-wings covered in silver, with feathers of yellow gold-dust, 😇.
note: The commercial translations have little clue of what to do with this verse, and the chapter in general. They all differ, grasping at weak, clumsy, abortive concepts.
IsaiYAH 33:19 The fierce [invading] hordes disappear. Their jabbering tongues [hang out of their dead mouths. Birds chirp in the air that rang] with cryptic, unintelligible screams [of soldiers barking] confusing [orders, then whipping you for] failing to understand.
JeremiYAH 34:15 Likewise, [for a while,] you repent. You do right in my sight. Everyone of you professes his neighbor's independence. You make a covenant [before] my face in the sanctuary [people] call by my name.
JeremiYAH 40:5 Before [Jeremiah] turns to go, Imperial-guard-captain [NebuzarAdan] adds, “[I suggest that you] go back [south] to GedaliYah {Great-YAH}, whom the Babylonian Emperor has appointed governor over the cities of Judea. Live with the [governor], among [your] people. But go wherever it seems right for you to go.” [NebuzarAdan] gives [Jeremiah] food and a load [of silver], then lets him go!
note: Here and in v.6,7,9,11,14,16: Gedaliah (the son of AhiKam [Rising-Brother] the son of Shaphan [Secret-Keeper]).
Matthew 12:5 And haven't you [hypocrites] read in the Law, how [by doing priestly work] on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple [apparently] profane the Sabbath? Yet the priests remain blameless.
Luke 1:77 [You] spread knowledge among YAH's people. [You remind them that] deliverance [comes by] having [YAH] forgive their sins.
note: Deliverance does NOT come through armed rebellion and war.
James 2:12 So, 😇, speak and act as [a] being whom [YAH] will judge by the law(s) [that give you] independence.
note: Don't go under the law that destroys criminals. Don't be subject to contract-law that binds you into dependence as a res, a thing, a cattle in the state's human-resource herd.
Exodus 6:26 Aaron & Moses plead with all of these family heads, saying, “YHVH commands you: ‘Bring the children of Israel out from the land of Egypt, clan by clan!’”
Exodus 8:29 Moses replies, “Watch. [As soon as] I leave [your palace], I'll pray, ‘YHVH, tomorrow please take the swarms of flies away from Pharaoh, his servants, and his people.’ But Pharaoh, stop dealing deceitfully. Stop [refusing to] let [my] people go [celebrate a feast in honor of] YHVH.”
Exodus 12:32 And take your flocks and your herds, as you insisted. Get out. But bless me [before you go, so that YHVH will stop punishing me].”
Numbers (Journeys) 21:22 [The messengers] plead, "Let [us] pass through your land. We [promise] not to trespass into [your] fields, nor into [your] vineyards. We won't [even] drink any of the waters of [your] well[s]. We'll [just exercise our Creator-endowed, inalienable right to] walk along the [old, established public, freely-accessible] “king's highway”, until we get past your [north] border.”
note: Another right-to-travel violation. When you are not able to freely and peacefully travel, you are under oppression. Driver's license demands= oppression. Passport demands = oppression. You are under bondage.
Deuteronomy 30:15 Look, 😇: today I've placed before you [a choice between] life and death, good and evil.
2nd Kings 8:20 During [JAHoram’s evil] days, Edom {Red-Man's-Southland} revolts from [slaving] under the Judean power-fist. The Edomites [crown] a king over themselves.
NehemiYAH 7:6 The list reads: “These are the people of the province [of Judaea] who emigrated up out of [Babylon's concentration camps] after Emperor Nebuchadnezzar carried them away. They've come back to Jerusalem and to Judea, every one to his [home] city.
Psalms 10:18 [You, YAH,] avenge [crimes against] fatherless [orphans] and [all] oppressed [victims]. So [eventually] no one on earth will strike terror again.
Psalms 105:20 Pharaoh sends [captains to] unshackle [Joseph]. The ruler of the [Egyptian] nation [personally] sets [Joseph] free [from the dungeon]!
Psalms 107:16 [YAH] breaks gates of brass [to let us out of jail, 😇]. He slices [the] iron bars [that hold us down].
Psalms 126:4 Please, YHVH, spring us out of slave-jail, like streams [burst out of the] southland [mountains].
IsaiYAH 14:2 [World] nations usher [Israel] back to their homeland. Israel's descendants re-inherit their soil. Israel's previous captors serve as male and female workers. Israel bosses around their previous slave-masters, 😇. [YAH's] people rule over their [previous] oppressors.
note: Israel's adherence to the Biblical monetary law gives Jews an advantage in global business. Jews sometimes misuse this advantage.
JeremiYAH 34:8 King ZedekYah {YAH's-Right} goes on to forge a [phony] covenant with all the people at Jerusalem, to proclaim their independence. Then the following prophesy comes from YHVH to JeremiYah {YAH-Rises}:
JeremiYAH 34:9 “Every man and [woman] must set free their Hebrew male-worker[s] and their Hebrew female-worker[s]. No one should serve himself by [working] his brother Jew.”
JeremiYAH 34:10 All [Judea's] leaders and commoners (who agree to the [king's] covenant) hear [this order] that everyone must let his male and female employees become independent [service providers], thus preventing [Hebrews] from indenturing [Hebrews] any more. The [Jews] all immediately obey. They set their [workers] free.
note: Indenture = bind, contract, employ. An indentured servant is a contract-slave, known today as an employee. The modern employee-employer relationship is today's twist on the ancient vassal-suzerain system. All employees are actually employed by the federal government. Scripture forbids all such master-servant relationships. No man can serve two masters.
JeremiYAH 40:4 So now, look: I loose you today from the chains I laid upon your hand[s]. If you see it as good to come with me into Babylon, come. I'll diligently watch over you. But if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, stay [here]. Look: [your] whole land lies [before] your face. Wherever you eye as good and right for you to go, go there.”
Joshua 24:28 Then, 😇, JAHshua lets the people leave [the gathering]. Every man [rides off] to his land-inheritance.
2nd Chronicles 36:22 Then, in the 1st year of [the reign of] Emperor Cyrus {Sun} of Persia, YHVH fulfills the prophecy he spoke through the mouth of JeremiYah {YAH-Rises}. YHVH stirs up the spirit of Persia's Emperor Cyrus to issue an [emancipation] proclamation throughout his entire Empire. [Cyrus] puts it in writing:
note: Cyrus is probably the son of Esther the Jew.
Psalms 78:12 [Peer into history, 😇. Watch YAH] accomplish amazing marvels before the [stunned] eyes of [our] ancestors. [For instance], he liberates millions [of us Hebrews] from Egypt! [We dance out of slave-jail onto] the Zoan {Eastern-Nile-Delta} plains.
note: Ex 1:10.
Psalms 105:43 So [YAH] brings his chosen people out [of slavery]. [They] shine [with joy]. [The freed-slaves] shriek [with euphoria].
Psalms 114:1 [See history from YAH's perspective, 😇:] Israel breaks out of Egypt. Jacob's family leaves the strange-tongued pagans [behind].
Psalms 136:11 [YAH] brings Israel out from among the [pagans]. His good [deeds go on] forever!
JeremiYAH 33:7 I come to reverse the slavery of Judea and the bondage of [north] Israel. I rebuild them [better than] they were before, 😇.
Ezekiel 20:10 So I bring the [Israelite slaves] up out of the land of Egypt. I usher them [north] through [vast] wilderness.
Nahum 1:13 Break [the] yoke [of oppression] off your [neck], 😇! Burst [your] bonds apart!
1 Maccabees 3:21 But we fight for our lives and our laws.
Genesis 8:16 [Elohim] says, “Go out from the ark, you, your wife, your sons and your son’s wives with you.
Exodus 21:3 If [the servant] came into [indentured servitude] by himself, he goes out by himself, 😇. If he [came in] married, then his wife goes out [of servitude] with him.
note: This is to discourage single people from putting themselves into debt-servitude. If you marry a fellow indentured servant, her term of service survives the marriage. She still has to work off her obligation.
Judges 2:6 [Flash back to Joshua 24:28-31:] JAHshua lets the people of Israel go [home]. Every man [rides] to his land-inheritance to occupy [and manage] his [acres of] earth.
1st Samuel 21:6 So the priest gives [David] consecrated bread, since it's all he has [to offer]. [The priest] removes it from the ‘presence of YHVH’, [in front of the Ark,] where [the baker] had placed it hot and fresh.
1st Chronicles 18:1 Time passes, 😇. Eventually David evicts the [invading] Philistines. He subdues them. He re-captures [the region] and towns of Gath {Wine-Press} out of the Palestinian fist.
2nd Chronicles 8:9 But [king] Solomon {Peace-Man} never coerces Israelis to serve on his projects. He [pays them to make praise] war, and [to serve as] musical chiefs and leaders of his carriages and horsemen.
2nd Chronicles 21:8 In [JAHoram's] days, the [southland] Edomites rebel. [They shake themselves out from] under Judaea's dominion. They [crown] themselves a king.
Ezra 7:13 —I [hereby] decree that any Israeli people, including any of [YAH's] priests and Levites in my realm, who are inclined of their own free will to [caravan] up to Jerusalem, can emigrate to Judaea with you, [Ezra].
Ezra 9:8 [Ezra turns his tear-streaked face to the weeping crowd. He says,] “And now, for a short time, YHVH our Elohim has shown us unmerited-favor. He left [alive] our little remnant-group. We escaped [oppression in Persia. YAH punched us back] into His holy place like a [tent] peg. [YAH is trying to] lighten our eyes, to begin to revive us from [the near-death experience] of slavery.
note: The Assyrian Kings had allowed Israel to have a breather, and the Persian kings did the same. See Ezra 6:22, Neh 9:32. Remnant = Neh 1:2,3.
Ezra 9:9 —We were bound-slaves. Yet our Elohim hasn't abandoned us [to die in] bondage. Instead, He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia. Our Elohim gave us new life, so [we could] raise-up His temple, and repair its desolation. [YAH has been] giving us a [fortified] wall [of supernatural protection here] in Judea, even in Jerusalem.”
Psalms 68:18 —You, YAH, return us from slavery. [We] carry priceless gifts from our hard [taskmasters]. You, [YAH], lead us from lowly-exile up the highest [heights], to your sanctuary [in the promised land].
note: JAH.
Psalms 74:12 Elohim, my ancient king, resume lifting [us believers] into the middle of earth's wide-open zones [of safety].
Psalms 76:9 Elohim rises to judgment, 😇. He frees all the meek [people] of the earth. Selah {Dramatic-Break}.
Psalms 77:15 [Every nation on earth recalls the day] your power-arm redeemed your people (the children of Jacob and Joseph) [from slavery in Egypt]. Selah {Dramatic-Break}.
Psalms 106:47 YHVH our Elohim, please free us. Gather us [exiled believers] from among the beast-nations, [so we can] throw [our unchained hands in the air to thank] your sacred name. [Get us dancing in] triumph, shouting [wild spontaneous clapping songs to honor you].
note: thillah = wild improvisational-applause-praise. Get free from your fear of wildly praising in public.
Psalms 119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I can form a living-hedge to guard your prescriptions [for a healthy society].
note: Freedom in Christ is the power to do right, not leniency to do wrong.
JeremiYAH 16:14 So watch: ‘The days come’, foretells YHVH, ‘when [Israelis] update their slogan, ‘As YHVH (who brought the ‘sons of Israel’ up out of the land of Egypt) lives…’
JeremiYAH 34:13 YHVH (Israel's ELohim) says, “I sealed an [anti-slavery] covenant with your forefathers in the day[s] when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of contract-slaves.
note: Employee = contract-slave.
JeremiYAH 37:4 (At this time JeremiYah {YAH-Rises} comes and goes freely among the people, because the [king] is yet to throw him into prison.)
JeremiYAH 40:1 Flash back to when Nebuzaradan hauls JeremiYah in chains, alongside all the other exiled captives (from Jerusalem and Judea) bound for Babylon. In Ramah {Heights}, NebuzarAdan lets JeremiYah go free. Then a prophecy from YHVH comes to JeremiYah.
JeremiYAH 41:17 The [freed captives] stay at Chimham {Longing} Lodge, near Bethlehem {Bread-House}. [The refugees] plan to emigrate [south] to Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 “My boy Israel — I love him, 😇, [as I always have]. I [keep on] calling My son out of Egypt to [return] to Me.
note: Foreshadowing the boy Messiah coming out of hiding in Egypt. We believers must also come out of hiding in spiritual Egypt (today's world economic system).
Mark 2:23 [Time passes, 😇.] One Sabbath day, YahShua [and his disciples] stroll through corn fields. As they walk, YahShua's disciples start plucking ears of corn.
note: Not commercially harvesting, just leisurely munching as they pass through. Munching your neighbor's produce would be called ‘criminal trespass’ in most ‘modern’ nations, but it's completely O.K. according to Hebrew Law.
Luke 6:3 YahShua answers the [religionites], “Have you never read [in the Scriptures] what [king] David did when he and his [exiled] companions got hungry?
Romans 9:19 Now, 😇, you'll ask me, “Why does YAH still blame us [humans]? [Whether we do good or evil, aren't we just living-machines, chained to the cosmic predestined script of] YAH's will?”
Philemon 1:14 But I won't command you to do anything against your consent. [I know it's asking a lot to ask you to free your [“useless” runaway slave] who hasn't even worked off the money you paid for him.] Your goodness must be [motivated by your own] free will, not by my force.
Leviticus 19:5 If you butcher a [communal food] donation as a peace gift [to support the work of] YHVH, only slaughter it [in voluntary compliance with these Laws,] or it won't be acceptable.
note: This is not talking about burning up animals. It's talking about cooking meat for the temple gathering. See the following verse.
Ezra 7:7 [Beside Ezra] ride up to Jerusalem some Israelis, including some priests, Levites, [temple] singers, [temple] gate-keepers and Nethinim {Gifted-Ones}.
Ezra 8:1 [Ezra continues:] Here, 😇, is a list of head-fathers who represent the genetic-lineage of the [Israelis] who emigrated [southwest ~700km] with me from Babylon during the reign of Emperor Artaxerxes {Truthful-Ruler}:
Psalms 85:1 YHVH, you used to smile [on] your country. Many times you've released Jacob's [descendants] from slavery.
note: A psalm written for the sons of Korah to sing and play on instruments, as led by the [temple] music director. This psalm is likely in reference to David struggling to rebuild his kingdom after his rebel son (Absalom) tore it apart.
Ezekiel 1:2 [It's] the 5th day of the [4th] month of the 5th year since [Babylonian soldiers dragged Judea's evil] king JeconYah [into] captivity.
Acts 16:36 So the jailer tells Paul, ‘The magistrates just ordered [me] to release you and Silas {Woodsman}. Now you can leave. Go in peace.’
Genesis 49:21 Naphtali {Wrestler} is a free-running deer who [fathers] lovely fawns.
note: Or, if translated, 'Naphtali issues beautiful sayings,' this may refer to the Song Of Deborah. cf Judges 5:18.
Numbers (Journeys) 33:5 So, 😇, the descendants of Israel caravan [out] from Raamses {Born-By-Ra}. They pitch [camp] in Sukkot {Tent-Town}.
Ezra 2:64 The whole group [of returning Hebrew exiles] together total 42360 [men].
Ezra 2:66 The [exiles bring home] 736 horses and 245 mules.
NehemiYAH 13:6 [This apostasy] happens while I'm away from Jerusalem on a trip back [north] to Babylon to see Emperor Artaxerxes {Truthful-Ruler} during his 32nd year of [reign]. [I stay in Babylon] a while. Then, [in consultation] with the Emperor, I arrange to return [south to Jerusalem].
Acts 15:28 For [it seems] good [to the] Holy Spirit, and to us [elders], to lay upon you no greater burden than the following crucial [guidelines:]
1 Esdras 4:62 The [feasting] Hebrews praise [YHVH] (the Elohim of their [fore]fathers) for giving them freedom and independence.
1st Chronicles 9:2 [After the exile,] the first Israelites to return [from Babylon] to their homes and cities are the priests, Levites and the Nethinim {Gifted-Ones}, [the temple support staff].
note: The first to return from slavery are believer-priests.
Ezra 2:67 The [exiles bring home] 435 camels and 6720 donkeys.
NehemiYAH 7:66 The whole congregation [of refugees] together totals 42360 [people].
NehemiYAH 7:68 The [refugees ride home to Jerusalem on] 736 horses and 245 mules.
Ezra 2:65 [Plus the returning exiles bring home] 7337 of their male and female workers, accompanied by 200 singing men and singing women.
Ezra 8:4 ElYAHoenai {My-Eyes-To-Yah}, the son of ZerahiYah {YAH-Rises}, a descendant of Pahath-Moab {Pit-Of-Moab}, emigrates [to Israel] with 200 [of his] male relatives [and their families].
Ezra 8:7 YeshaYah {YAH-Saves}, the son of AthaliYah {YAH's-Discipline}, a descendant of Elam {Hidden}, emigrates [to Judea] with 70 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
note: Note the meaning of these names: YAH's discipline births YAH's salvation.
1st Chronicles 9:3 The following descendants of Judah {Celebrated}, and of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and of Ephraim {Double-Fruit}, and Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting}, return to live in Jerusalem:
Ezra 2:12 1222 descendants of Azgad {Fierce-Troop}.
Ezra 2:28 223 exiles return [home to] Beth-El {House-Of-El} and Ai {Ruin-Heap}.
Ezra 2:40 74 Levites, descendants of JahShua {YAH-Saves} and KadmiEl {Presence-Of-El}, in the line of HodaviYah {Majesty-of-Yah}, [return home].
Ezra 8:6 Ebed {Worker}, the son of JAHnathan {JAH's-Gift}, a descendant of Adin {Pleasure}, emigrates [to Israel] with 50 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
Ezra 8:8 ZebadiYah {YAH-Gives}, the son of MichaEl {El-Is-Incomparable}, a descendant of ShephatiYah {YAH-Judges}, emigrates [to Israel] with 80 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
note: YAH judges, then he gives.
Ezra 8:11 [Representing] the descendants of Bebai {Void}, [the prophet] ZechariYah {YAH-Remembers} (the son of Bebai {Void}) emigrates [to Israel] with 28 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
Ezra 2:3 The count of the [grownup] male Israeli exiles [begins with]: 2172 descendants of Parosh {Flea};
Ezra 2:6 2812 descendants of Pahath-Moab {Pit-Of-Moab}, descendants of JahShua {YAH-Saves} and Joab {JAH-Dad}.
Ezra 2:9 760 descendants of Zaccai {Pure}.
Ezra 2:13 666 descendants of Adonikam {Rising-Lord}.
Ezra 2:15 454 descendants of Adin {Pleasure-Lover}.
Ezra 2:16 98 descendants of Ater {Locked}, [son] of HezekiYah {Strength-From-YAH}.
Ezra 2:17 323 descendants of Bezai {Trampler}.
Ezra 2:22 56 men from Netophah {Distiller};
Ezra 2:24 42 descendants of Azmaveth {Strong-One-Of-Death}.
Ezra 2:25 743 exiles [return home to] Kirjath-Arim {City-Of-Forests}, Chephirah {Covered-Village}, and Beeroth {Wells}.
Ezra 2:26 621 exiles [return home] to Ramah {Heights} and Geba {Hillock}.
Ezra 2:30 156 exiles return home to Magbish {Freeze}.
Ezra 2:31 1254 exiles return home to the other Elam {Hidden}.
Ezra 2:34 345 exiles [return home to] Jericho {Moon-Spirit};
Ezra 2:36 9073 priests, descendants of JedaiYah {YAH-Knows}, of the family of JahShua {YAH-Saves}, [return home].
Ezra 2:38 1247 descendants of Pashur {Liberation} [return home].
Ezra 2:42 1038 total descendants of the [temple] gatekeepers [return home]: descendants of Shallum {Payback}, of Ater {Locked}, of Talmon {Smasher}, of Akkub {Heel-Grabber}, of Hatita {Digger}, [and] of Shobai {Captor}.
Ezra 2:43 The Nethinim {Gift-People} [come home]: descendants of Ziha {Glow}, of Hasupha {Clean}, & of Tabbaoth {Rings},
Ezra 2:59 652 [other exiles return home. They hail] from: Tel-Melach {Salt-Mound}, Tel-Harsa {Mechanic's-Mound}, Cherub {Fairy}, Addan {Firm}, and Immer {Talk}. But they fail to demonstrate [a genealogy] showing that their father's families and seed-children were genetically-descended from Israel.
Ezra 2:61 [Into Israel stream the exiled] descendants of the [following] priests: HabaiYah {YAH-Hides} & Koz {Thorn}.
Ezra 8:2 [The following men emigrate to Israel:] Gershom {Refugee}, a descendant of Phinehas {Snake-Mouth}; DaniEl, a descendant of Ithamar {Palm-Coast}; [and] Hattush {Forsaking-Sin}, a descendant of [king] David.
note: We assume that these men brought their families. However, it's possible they came alone, which would explain why they shacked-up with witch-whores.
Ezra 8:3 ZechariYah {YAH-Remembers}, a descendant of Pharosh {Flea}, a descendant of ShechaniYah {YAH-Lives}, emigrates [to Israel] with 150 [of his certified] male relatives [and their families].
Ezra 8:5 The son of Jahaziel {EL-Stomps}, a descendant of ShechaniYah {YAH-Lives}, emigrates [to Israel] with 300 [of his] male relatives [and their families].
Ezra 8:9 ObadiYah {Obey-YAH} the son of JehiEl {EL-Lives} (a descendant of Joab {JAH-Dad}) emigrates [to Israel] with 218 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
Ezra 8:10 The son of JosefYah {YAH-Adds}, a descendant of Shelomith {Peaceful}, emigrates [to Israel] with 160 [of his] male [relatives and their families].
note: From the family of Bani.
Ezra 8:12 JAHohanan {YAH-Favored} the son of Hakkatan {Small}, a descendant of Azgad {Fierce-Troop}, emigrates with 110 males.
Ezra 8:13 The younger sons of Adonikam {Rising-Lord}: Eliphelet {Escape-Via-El}, JeiEl {Carried-Away-By-El}, and ShemaiYah {YAH-Hears}, emigrate [to Israel] with 60 [of their] male [relatives].
Ezra 8:14 And some sons of Bigvai {In-My-Body}: Uthai {Rush-To-Help} and Zabbud {Thought-Giver}, emigrate [to Israel] with 70 [of their] male [relatives].
Ezra 2:4 372 descendants of ShephatiYah {YAH-Judges}.
Ezra 2:5 775 descendants of Arah {Traveler}.
Ezra 2:7 1254 descendants of Elam {Hidden}.
Ezra 2:8 945 descendants of Zattu {Olive-Tree}.
Ezra 2:10 642 descendants of Bani {Built}.
Ezra 2:18 112 descendants of Jorah {Rain-Flow}.
Ezra 2:19 223 descendants of Hashum {Enriched};
Ezra 2:23 128 men from Anathoth {Answer}.
Ezra 2:27 122 men return home to Michmas {Hidden}.
Ezra 2:29 52 exiles [return home to] Nebo {Babyl-god}.
Ezra 2:32 320 exiles return home to Harim {Secluded};
Ezra 2:35 3630 exiles [return home to] Senaah {Thorny};
Ezra 2:37 1052 descendants of Immer {Yapper} [return home].
Ezra 2:39 1017 descendants of Harim {Secluded} [return home].
Ezra 2:44 —[and] descendants of Keros {Ankle}, of Siaha {Congregation}, [and] of Padon {Ransom} [come home];
Ezra 2:45 —[and] descendants of Lebanah {White-Moon}, of Hagabah {Locust}, [and] of Akkub {Heel-Grabber} [come home];
Ezra 2:46 —[and] descendants of Hagab {Locust}, of Shalmai {Appareled}, [and] of Hanan {Favor} [come home];
Ezra 2:47 —[and] descendants of Giddel {Stout}, of Gahar {Lurker}, and of ReaiYah {YAH-Sees} [come home];
Ezra 2:48 —[and] descendants of Rezin {Delight}, of Nekoda {Marked}, and of Gazzam {Devourer} [come home];
Ezra 2:49 —[and] descendants of Uzza {Strength}, of Paseah {Hopper}, [and] of Besai {Trampler} [come home];
Ezra 2:50 —[and] descendants of Asnah, of Mehunim {Homes}, [and] of Nephusim {Expanders} [come home];
Ezra 2:51 —[and] descendants of Bakbuk {Bottle}, of Hakupha {Bender}, [and] of Harhur {Fever} [come home];
NehemiYAH 7:10 652 descendants of Arah {Traveler},
NehemiYAH 7:11 2818 people from Pahath-Moab {Pit-Of-Moab}, descendants of [ancient] JahShua {YAH-Saves} and Joab {JAH-Dad},
NehemiYAH 7:16 628 descendants of Bebai {Void},
NehemiYAH 7:18 667 descendants of Adonikam {Rising-Lord},
NehemiYAH 7:21 98 descendants of Ater {Locked} ([son] of HezekiYah {Strength-From-YAH}),
NehemiYAH 7:23 324 descendants of Bezai {Trampler},
NehemiYAH 7:26 188 men from Bethlehem {Bread-House} and Netophah {Distiller},
NehemiYAH 7:28 42 men from Beth-Azmaveth {House-Of-The-Strong-One-Of-Death},
NehemiYAH 7:29 743 men from Kirjath-Yearim {City-Of-Forests}, Chephirah {Covered-Village}, and Beeroth {Wells},
NehemiYAH 7:37 721 descendants [or townspeople] of Lod {Lydda}, Hadid {Peak}, and Ono {Strong},
NehemiYAH 7:38 [and] 3930 [towns]people from Senaah {Thorny}.
NehemiYAH 7:39 The [following section lists returning refugee] priests: 973 descendants of JedaiYah {YAH-Knows} through the family-line of JahShua {YAH-Saves}:
NehemiYAH 7:40 1052 descendants of Immer {Yapper},
NehemiYAH 7:41 1247 descendants of Pashur {Liberation},
NehemiYAH 7:42 [and] 1017 descendants of Harim {Secluded}.
NehemiYAH 7:59 —ShephatiYah {YAH-Judges}, Hattil {Wave}, Pochereth-Zebaim {Gazelle-Trap}, and Amon {Skill}.
NehemiYAH 7:60 All the [returning] Nethinim {Gifted-Ones}, and the descendants of Solomon's workers, [together] total 392 [people].
NehemiYAH 7:63 Priests [also bring additional un-traceable] descendants of HabaiYah {YAH-Hides} and of Koz {Thorn}, descendants of Barzillai, who got his name by taking a wife from of the daughters of Barzillai {Iron-Heart} from Gilead {Monument-Mound}.
NehemiYAH 12:5 —Miamin {Right-Hand}, MaadiYah {Ornament-Of-YAH}, Bilgah {Breaker},
NehemiYAH 12:6 —ShemaiYah {YAH-Hears}, Yahoyarib {YAH-Fights}, JediYah {Jah-Knows},
Ezra 2:11 623 descendants of Bebai {Void}.
Ezra 2:14 256 descendants of Bigvai {In-My-Body}.
Ezra 2:20 95 descendants of Gibbar {Man};
Ezra 2:33 725 exiles return to their homes in Lod {Lydda}, Hadid {Peak}, and Ono {Strong};
NehemiYAH 7:12 1254 [refugees] from Elam {Hidden},
NehemiYAH 7:13 845 descendants of Zattu {Olive-Tree},
NehemiYAH 7:14 760 descendants of Zaccai {Pure},
NehemiYAH 7:15 648 descendants of Binnui {Built-Up},
NehemiYAH 7:17 2322 descendants of Azgad {Fierce-Troop},
NehemiYAH 7:19 2067 descendants of Bigvai {In-My-Body},
NehemiYAH 7:20 655 descendants of Adin {Pleasure-Lover},
NehemiYAH 7:22 328 descendants of Hashum {Enriched},
NehemiYAH 7:24 112 descendants of Hariph {Autumn},
NehemiYAH 7:25 95 descendants of Gibeon {Flower-Hills},
NehemiYAH 7:27 128 men from Anathoth {Answer-Town},
NehemiYAH 7:30 621 men from Ramah {Heights} and Geba {Hillock},
NehemiYAH 7:31 122 men from Michmas {Hidden},
NehemiYAH 7:32 123 men from Beth-El {House-Of-El} and Ai {Ruin-Heap},
NehemiYAH 7:33 52 men from the other Nebo {Babyl-god},
NehemiYAH 7:34 1254 people from the other Elam {Hidden},
NehemiYAH 7:35 320 descendants of Harim {Secluded},
NehemiYAH 7:36 345 people from Jericho {Moon-Spirit},
NehemiYAH 7:47 —Keros {Ankle}, Sia {Converse}, Padon {Ransom},
NehemiYAH 7:48 —Lebana {White-Moon}, Hagaba {Locust}, Shalmai {Appareled},
NehemiYAH 7:49 —Hanan {Favor}, Giddel {Stout}, Gahar {Lurker},
NehemiYAH 7:50 —ReaiYah {YAH-Sees}, Rezin {Delight}, Nekoda {Marked},
NehemiYAH 7:51 —Gazzam {Devourer}, Uzza {Strength}, Phaseah {Hop},
NehemiYAH 7:52 —Besai {Trampler}, Meunim {Dwelling}, Nephishesim {Scatterer},
NehemiYAH 7:53 —Bakbuk {Bottle}, Hakupha {Bender}, Harhur {Fever},
NehemiYAH 7:54 —Bazlith {Peel}, Mehida {Junction}, Harsha {Magician},
NehemiYAH 7:55 —Barkos {Painter}, Sisera {Servant-Of-Ra}, Tamah {Smite-Out},
NehemiYAH 7:56 —Neziah {Glittery}, and Hatipha {Grabber}.
NehemiYAH 7:58 —Jaala {Roe-Jump}, Darkon {Generator}, Giddel {Stout},
NehemiYAH 7:62 —642 descendants of DelaiYah {Jah-Delivers}, of TobiYah {YAH's-Goodness}, and of Nekoda {Marked}.
NehemiYAH 12:2 —AmariYah {YAH's-Promise}, Malluch {Remnant}, Hattush {Forsaking-Sin},
NehemiYAH 12:3 —ShechaniYah {YAH-Lives}, Rehum {Compassion}, Meremoth {Heights},
NehemiYAH 12:4 —Iddo {Timely}, Ginnetho [Gardener], AbiYah {Father-YAH},

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