- shalt not delay:
- "And the feastª of harvest,ª the firstfruitsª of thy labours,ª which¹ thou hast sownª° in the field:ª and the feastª of ingathering,ª [which is] in the endª° of the year,ª when thou hast gathered²° in¹¹ thy laboursª out of¹ the field.ª" {Exd 23:16} + "The firstª of the firstfruitsª of thy landª thou shalt bringª° into the houseª of the LORDª thy God.ª Thou shalt not¹ seetheª° a kidª in his mother'sª milk.ª" {Exd 23:19} + "That thou shalt takeª° of the firstª¹ of all¹ the fruitª of the earth,ª which¹ thou shalt bringª° of thy landª¹ that¹ the LORDª thy Godª givethª° thee, and shalt putª° [it] in a basket,ª and shalt goª° unto¹ the placeª which¹ the LORDª thy Godª shall chooseª° to placeª° his nameª there.¹ ... And now,¹ behold,¹ I have broughtª°¹ the firstfruitsªª of the land,ª which¹ thou, O LORD,ª hast givenª° me. And thou shalt set²°¹ it beforeª the LORDª thy God,ª and worshipª° beforeª the LORDª thy God:ª" {Deu 26:2-10} + "And there cameª° a manª from Baalshalisha,ª¹ and broughtª° the manª of Godª breadª of the firstfruits,ª twentyª loavesª of barley,ª and full ears of cornª in the huskª thereof. And he said,ª° Giveª° unto the people,ª that they may eat.ª°" {2Kg 4:42} + "And as soon as the commandmentª came abroad,ª° the childrenª of Israelª brought²° in abundanceª° the firstfruitsª of corn,ª wine,ª and oil,ª and honey,ª and of all¹ the increaseª of the field;ª and the titheª of all¹ [things] brought²° they in¹ abundantly.ª" {2Ch 31:5} + "Honourª°¹ the LORDª with thy substance,ª¹ and with the firstfruitsª¹ of all¹ thine increase:ª ... So shall thy barnsª be filledª° with plenty,ª and thy pressesª shall burst outª° with new wine.ª" {Prv 3:9-10} + "For¹ in mine holyª mountain,ª in the mountainª of the heightª of Israel,ª saithª° the Lordª GOD,ª there¹ shall all¹ the houseª of Israel,ª all¹ of them in the land,ª serveª° me: there¹ will I acceptª° them, and there¹ will I requireª°¹ your offerings,ª and the firstfruitsª of your oblations,ª with all¹ your holy things.ª" {Ezk 20:40} + "Woeª is me! for¹ I am¹ as when they have gatheredª the summer fruits,ª as the grapegleaningsª of the vintage:ª [there is] no¹ clusterª to eat:ª° my soulª desiredª° the firstripe fruit.ª" {Mic 7:1} + "Butª seek¹ ye²° firstª the¹ kingdomª of God,ª andª hisª righteousness;ª andª allª these thingsª shall be addedª° unto you.ª" {Mtt 6:33} + "Andª notª onlyª [they], butª ourselves²¹ also,ª which haveª° the¹ firstfruitsª of the¹ Spirit,ª evenª weª ourselves²¹ groanª° withinª ourselves,ª waiting²° for¹ the adoption,ª [to wit], the¹ redemptionª of ourª body.ª" {Rom 8:23} + "Of his own willª° begat¹ he²° usª with the wordª of truth,ª that² weª should beª° a kindª of firstfruitsª of his²¹ creatures.ª" {Jms 1:18}
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