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Pardon

Holman Bible Dictionary

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An authoritive act reversing a sentence given under a guilty verdict. Prayer for God's pardon for sin is based on the greatness of God's covenant love and on the long history of God's acts of forgiveness (Numbers 14:19; Micah 7:18 ). The Old Testament believers were already aware that the condition for seeking pardon was a repentant heart rather than ritual exactness (1 Chronicles 29:18 ). God's willingness to abundantly pardon serves as an incentive to repentance (Isaiah 55:7 ). See Atonement; Forgiveness; Reconciliation.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Pardon'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​p/pardon.html. 1991.
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