Freewill Offering
Freewill Offering. Voluntary peace offering (Lv 7:16; Dt 12:6).See Offerings and Sacrifices.
Freewill Offering
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Voluntary
Voluntary For the AV term “voluntary” in Lev. 7:16 (RSV, NEB, “freewill”) and Ezk. 46:12 (RSV “freewill”; NEB “voluntary”) see Sacrifices and Offerings in the OT. In Lev. 1:3 the AV construes Heb. lirṣōnô (lit “for his [its] acceptance”) as “of his own voluntary will” (RSV “that he may be accepted”;
Freewill Offering
FREEWILL OFFERING Voluntary peace offering (Lv 7:16; Dt 12:6). See Offerings and Sacrifices.
freewill offerings
freewill offerings. In ancient *Israel’s sacrificial system, one of the three forms of peace offering (Lev. 7:11–18) was so named because it went beyond what legal demands required. It resembled the ‘votive offering’ in being made in connection with a prayer for particular blessings, but differed in
voluntary
voluntary. A piece of music played on the organ at the beginning or end of (and, occasionally, during) a religious service. Those played at the beginning and close are sometimes distinguished as the in- and out-voluntaries.
Free-will offering
Free-will offering—a spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in consequence of a vow, or in expiation of some offence.
VOLUNTARY
VOLUNTARY<vol’-un-ta-ri>: For the sake of variety the King James Version in Lev 7:16; Ezek 46:12 (bis) has rendered נַדָבָה [nedhabhah], by “voluntary offering” instead of the usual “freewill offering” (so the Revised Version (British and American)). The words “of his own voluntary will”
Involuntary
involuntary. An adjective used to denote an action that is coerced; an action that does not arise out of the actor’s personal choice or *free will. In contemporary ethics, the term is used with respect to confinement or hospitalization due to criminal activity or mental illness or, in contrast to voluntary
Freewill Offering
FREEWILL OFFERING Gift given at the impulse of the giver (Exod. 35:21–29; 36:3–7; Lev. 7:16). The distinctive mark of the freewill offering was the “stirred hearts” and “willing spirits” of the givers. The tabernacle was constructed using materials given as freewill offerings (Exod. 35:29). The people’s
Voluntary
VOLUNTARY, volʹun-tā̇-ri: For the sake of variety AV in Lev 7:16; Ezk 46:12 (bis) has rendered נְדָבָה, nedhābhāh, by “voluntary offering” instead of the usual “freewill offering” (so RV). The words “of his own voluntary will” in Lev 1:3 AV are a pure gloss, properly omitted in RV, as they represent