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Gen 2:16
[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat...
Lev 22:
Lev.23
- [18] Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all hisfreewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
- [21] And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or afreewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- [23] Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Num.15
- [38] Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all yourfreewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Num.29
- [3] And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
Deut.12
- [39] These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewillofferings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
Deut.16
- [6] And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
- [17] Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Deut.23
- [10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
2Chr.31
- [23] That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Ezra.1
- [14] And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
Ezra.3
- [4] And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
Ezra.7
- [5] And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
Ezra.8
- [13] I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
- [16] And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Pss.119
- [28] And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
- [108] Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
First, "freewill offering" is in the Old Testament, so this is not the New Testament. There are differences.
Second, as God's chosen people, the Israelites had instruction about the "freewill offering" in the Old Covenant.
Third, the definition behind "freewill offering" must be examined according the source word נְדָבָ֖ה in the Hebrew of the Old Testament. This word נְדָבָ֖ה (nedabah) has a Strong's number of 5071.
DEFINITION: from H5068; properly (abstractly) spontaneity, or (adjectively) spontaneous; also (concretely) a spontaneous or (by inference, in plural) abundant gift:-free(-will) offering, freely, plentiful, voluntary(-ily, offering), willing(-ly), offering) (this Strong's defintion obtained from BlueLetterBible.org 5071).
Fourth, the definition behind "freewill offering" must be examined according the source word αφαίρεμα in the Greek of the Old Testament in the Septuagint. This word αφαίρεμα does not appear in the New Testament, so it does not have a Strong's number, but it has been assigned a number of "850.4" in the Apostolic Bible Polyglot.
DEFINITION: That which is cut off as a choice part; a choice portion; a cut-away portion.
Fifth, it is written in the Old Testament "The Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart moved them to bring [material] for all the work, which YHWH had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a freewill offering to YHWH" (Exodus 35:29).
AND there is a Hebrew word for "choose", but it is not here, so it does not state "who chose to bring", yet it does state "whose heart moved them to bring"
AND this offering is for material for the work as opposed to choosing toward God
AND this is the first occurrence of "freewill offering" in the NASB
AND the people brought abundant offerings for it is written "They received from Moses all the contributions which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still [continued] bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. And all the skillful men who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work which he was performing, and they said to Moses, 'The people are bringing much more than enough for the construction work which the LORD commanded [us] to perform.' So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, 'Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary.' Thus the people were restrained from bringing [any more]" (Exodus 36:3-6)
SO it is clear that the synonyms נְדָבָ֖ה (nedabah) in Hebrew and αφαίρεμα in Greek denote a heartfelt gratuitous offering.
Sixth, based upon Biblical usage neither of these words translate to "freewill" as in "freewill choice toward God":
- נְדָבָ֖ה (nedabah) in Hebrew
- αφαίρεμα in Greek
- נְדָבָ֖ה (nedabah) in Hebrew
- αφαίρεμα in Greek
Nineth, based upon both Scriptural usage and definitions, both of these words translate to spontaneous heartfelt gratuitous premier portion offering:
- נְדָבָ֖ה (nedabah) in Hebrew
- αφαίρεμα in Greek
The Septuagint uses the word αφαίρεμα which translates to "the choice portion" which references an offering.
The Brenton Septuagint Translation version of Exodus 35:29 reads as "And every man and woman whose mind inclined them to come in and do all the works as many as the Lord appointed them to do by Moses- they the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord".
The Brenton Septuagint Translation version contains "an offering" with no mention of "freewill".
The word "freewill" in "freewill offering" is an incorrect translation, so no scripture states that man has a freewill.
The word "freewill" in "freewill offering" is an incorrect translation, so no scripture states that man has a freewill.
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