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Votive
A votive deposit or votive offering is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for broadly religious purposes.
Votive is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word vow in the Bible.
The Torah makes provision for "freewill offerings" which may be made by any individual. These are different from votive offerings which are linked to a vow or prayer.
"Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering[1]; but for a vow[2] it shall not be accepted." Leviticus 22:23
In this verse a clear differentiation is made between the two. The Hebrew root letters for a freewill offering are נדב (NunDaletBeit) which is the noun nadab[1] from the verb nadab[3], but for a votive offering there are the letters נדר (NunDaletReish) forming the noun neder[2] from the root word, a verb, nadar[4].
In the text we see "[as] a freewill offering" appearing with an additional letter נְדָבָה֙ (NunDaletBeitHey). It takes this form some ten times[5] but appears in other form some 16 additional forms.[6]
In the text we see "but for a vow" appearing with additional letters וּלְנֵ֖דֶר ([[[Vav]]Lamed[Nun]]DaletReish).
Is voting bad
People are already in a political system that is a direct or indirect democracy certainly have motivation to vote.
Democracies are not always a good form of government and for centuries in America they were not considered to good. In fact, until World War II democracy was considered “A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic - negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard for consequences. Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.”[7]
If you live in a democracy and you have a right to vote you certainly may feel a need to vote in self defense in order to protect yourself and your neighbor from the covetous practices of the welfare state and those who desire to rule over and even rob their neighbor.
John Adams: “Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 05071 ^הבדנ^ nᵉdabah \@ned-aw-baw’\@ NunDaletBeitHey from 05068 NunDaletBeit offer willingly; n f; {See TWOT on 1299 @@ "1299a"} AV-freewill offering 15, offerings 9, free offering 2, freely 2, willing offering 1, voluntary offering 1, plentiful 1, voluntarily 1, voluntary 1, willing 1, willingly 1; 26
- 1) voluntariness, free-will offering
- 1a) voluntariness
- 1b) freewill, voluntary, offering
- 1) voluntariness, free-will offering
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 05088 ^רדנ^ neder \@neh’- der\@ or ^רדנ^ neder \@nay’- der\@ from the verb nadar 05087; n m; {See TWOT on 1308 @@ "1308a"} AV-vow 58, vowed 2; 60
- 1) vow, votive offering
- ↑ 05068 ^בדנ^ nadab \@naw-dab’\@ a primitive root BeitDaletNun; v; {See TWOT on 1299} AV-offered willingly 6, willingly offered 5, willing 2, offered 1, willing 1, offered freely 1, give willingly 1; 17
- 1) to incite, impel, make willing
- 1a) (Qal) to incite, impel
- 1b) (Hithpael)
- 1b1) to volunteer
- 1b2) to offer free-will offerings
- See also 05069 בדנ nᵉdab translated AV-freely offered, freewill offering, offering willingly, minded of their own freewill; defined
- 1) to incite, impel, make willing
- ↑ 05087 ^רדנ^ nadar \@naw-dar’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1308} AV-vow 30, made 1; 31
- 1) to vow, make a vow
- 1a) (Qal) to vow a vow
- 1) to vow, make a vow
- ↑ Exodus 35:29
HEB: בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל נְדָבָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ פ
KJV: brought a willing offering unto the LORD,
Exodus 36:3
HEB: אֵלָ֥יו ע֛וֹד נְדָבָ֖ה בַּבֹּ֥קֶר בַּבֹּֽקֶר׃
KJV: it [withal]. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
Leviticus 7:16
HEB: נֶ֣דֶר ׀ א֣וֹ נְדָבָ֗ה זֶ֚בַח קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ
KJV: [be] a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten
Leviticus 22:23
HEB: שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ
KJV: that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering; but for a vow
Deuteronomy 23:23
HEB: לַיהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נְדָבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ
KJV: and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed Ezra 3:5
HEB: וּלְכֹ֛ל מִתְנַדֵּ֥ב נְדָבָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃
KJV: and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
Ezra 8:28
HEB: וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף וְהַזָּהָב֙ נְדָבָ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י
KJV: and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD
Ezekiel 46:12
HEB: יַעֲשֶׂה֩ הַנָּשִׂ֨יא נְדָבָ֜ה עוֹלָ֣ה אֽוֹ־
KJV: shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering
Ezekiel 46:12
HEB: אֽוֹ־ שְׁלָמִים֮ נְדָבָ֣ה לַֽיהוָה֒ וּפָ֣תַֽח
KJV: or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD,
Hosea 14:4
HEB: מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב
KJV: I will love them freely: for mine anger - ↑ nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 10 Occ., but other occurrences have different letters
bin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ., han·nə·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ., lin·ḏā·ḇāh — 2 Occ., nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ., niḏ·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ., niḏ·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ., niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ., niḏ·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ., wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ., wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 2 Occ., ḇin·ḏā·ḇāh — 1 Occ. - ↑ 1928 U.S. Army Training Manual