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The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
And ye shall
hallow the
fiftieth year, and
proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
So you are to
consecrate the
fiftieth year and
proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your
Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the
Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And
Kohath begat Amram.
These were the families of the Levites: The
Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now
Kohath was the father of Amram,
And they removed from
Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
They set out from
Libnah and camped at Rissah.
Thou shalt furnish him
liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that
wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
You are to furnish him
liberally from your flock, your
threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and fought against
Libnah:
Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to
Libnah and fought against
Libnah.
And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he
smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of
Jericho.
And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of
Libnah as he had done to the king of
Jericho.
And Joshua passed from
Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and
encamped against it, and fought against it:
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from
Libnah to
Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
And the LORD delivered
Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to
Libnah.
And the LORD delivered
Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to
Libnah.
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they
smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to
Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to
Libnah, and to her king.
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction
everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to
Hebron and as he had done to
Libnah and its king.
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to
Carmel westward, and to Shihor-
libnath;
Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched
Carmel and Shihor-
libnath,
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
slayer; and
Libnah with her suburbs,
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands:
Hebron, a city of refuge for the
manslayer,
Libnah,
Yet
Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
So to this day
Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise,
Libnah rebelled at the same time.
So
Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria
warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from
Lachish.
When the
Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left
Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against
Libnah.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from
Libnah.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from
Libnah.
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Of Gershom:
Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
The descendants of Merari:
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
So the descendants of Aaron were given
Hebron (a city of refuge),
Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
With twelve hundred
chariots, and
threescore thousand
horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
with 1,200
chariots, 60,000
horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—
Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and
horsemen? yet, because thou
didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
Were not the Cushites and
Libyans a vast army with many
chariots and
horsemen? Yet because you
relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did
Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had
forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
So to this day
Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise,
Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had
forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that
hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
Sorrows will multiply to those who
chase other gods. I will not pour out their
libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
A generous soul will
prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
No longer will a
fool be called noble, nor a
scoundrel be respected.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
When the
Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left
Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against
Libnah.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to
preach good
tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has
anointed Me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives and freedom to the prisoners,
This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king
Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to
proclaim liberty unto them;
After King
Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to
proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in
proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Recently you
repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his
neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
But ye turned and
polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his
handmaid, whom ye had set at
liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
But now you have changed your minds and
profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at
liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not
hearkened unto me, in
proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I
proclaim a
liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his
neighbor. So now I
proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Come up, ye horses; and
rage, ye
chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the
Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Advance, O horses! Race
furiously, O
chariots! Let the warriors come forth—
Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of
Lydia drawing the bow.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from
Libnah.
Ethiopia, and
Libya, and
Lydia, and all the mingled people, and
Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as
Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
Persia,
Cush, and Put will
accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them.
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will
revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and
Libya were her allies.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are
bruised,
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has
anointed Me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to
proclaim liberty to the
captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the
oppressed,
Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Then there arose certain of the
synagogue, which is called the
synagogue of the
Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of
Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
But resistance arose from what was called the
Synagogue of the
Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of
Cilicia and Asia. They began to
argue with Stephen,
And he commanded a
centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have
liberty, and that he should
forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
He ordered the
centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
Then said
Agrippa unto
Festus, This man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
And
Agrippa said to
Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
And the next day we touched at
Sidon. And Julius
courteously entreated Paul, and gave him
liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
The next day we landed at
Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God.
that the creation itself will be set free from its
bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry
anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
But take
heed lest by any means this
liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a
stumbling block to the weak.
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you
recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their
liberality.
In the terrible
ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich
generosity.
Whiles by the experiment of this
ministration they
glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your
liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will
glorify God for your
obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the
generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in
privily to
spy out our
liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
bondage:
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to
spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to
enslave us.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be
encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Know ye that our brother
Timothy is set at
liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
Be aware that our brother
Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But
whoso looketh into the perfect law of
liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a
forgetful hearer, but a
doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a
forgetful hearer, but an effective
doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
As free, and not using your
liberty for a
cloke of
maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in
bondage.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to
depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely
liberality proceeding from
thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the
vow, the performance
whereof with thine own mouth thou hast
vowed to the King of heaven.
He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in
Libanus, that they should bring
cedar wood from
Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free
liberty, as well they as their
posterity, and all the priests that went away.
And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring
cedar trees from
Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the
haven of
Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
For when they had taken
liberty, they
despised the most High, thought
scorn of his law, and
forsook his ways.
And they that have
loathed my law, while they had yet
liberty, and, when as yet place of
repentance was open unto them, understood not, but
despised it;
Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me, which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; to turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them.
Then Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that dwelt in
Cilicia, and Damascus, and
Libanus, and Antilibanus, and to all that dwelt upon the sea coast,
I learned
diligently, and do communicate her
liberally: I do not hide her riches.
Let thy soul love a good servant, and
defraud him not of
liberty.
Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman
liberty to
gad abroad.
If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she
abuse herself through overmuch
liberty.
Give him no
liberty in his youth, and
wink not at his
follies.
Whoso is
liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good
housekeeping will be believed.
If thou set thy servant to labour, thou shalt find rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shall seek liberty.
When he took the portions out of the priests’ hands, he himself stood by the
hearth of the altar, compassed about, as a young
cedar in
Libanus; and as palm trees compassed they him round about.
He feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.
Moreover I freely set at
liberty every one of the Jews, that were carried
captives out of the land of
Judea into any part of my kingdom, and I will that all my officers
remit the tributes even of their cattle.
And
whosoever they be that
flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the
liberties hereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at
liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and
chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their
liberty.
The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.
That the holy city (to the which he was going in
haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a common buryingplace,) he would set at
liberty: