In the Bible, to redeem is to buy back or set free a person or property at a cost, and the apostles say that Christ paid that cost with his own blood. The law gives the pattern: a relative redeems land a poor Israelite has sold, or the Israelite himself (Leviticus 25:25, 47-49), and in Ruth 4 Boaz redeems Naomi’s land in front of the town elders. God promises to redeem Israel from Egypt (Exodus 6:6), Jesus gives his life…
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