- firstfruit:
- "And he hath broughtª° us into¹ this¹ place,ª and hath givenª° us¹ this¹ land,ª [even] a landª that flowethª° with milkª and honey.ª ... 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 26:9-10} + "Thou shalt not¹ delayª° [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits,ª and of thy liquors:ª the firstbornª of thy sonsª shalt thou giveª° unto me." {Exd 22:29} + "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} + "Speakª° unto¹ the childrenª of Israel,ª and sayª° unto¹ them, When¹ ye be comeª° into¹ the landª which¹ I¹ giveª° unto you, and shall reapª°¹ the harvestª thereof, then ye shall bringª°¹ a sheafª of the firstfruitsª of your harvestª unto¹ the priest:ª" {Lev 23:10} + "Ye shall bring¹ out²° of your habitationsª¹ twoª waveª loavesª of twoª tenth deals:ª they shall be¹ of fine flour;ª they shall be bakenª° with leaven;ª [they are] the firstfruitsª unto the LORD.ª" {Lev 23:17} + "All¹ the bestª of the oil,ª and all¹ the bestª of the wine,ª and of the wheat,ª the firstfruitsª of them which¹ they shall offerª° unto the LORD,ª them have I givenª° thee. ... But¹¹ the tithesª of the childrenª of Israel,ª which¹ they offerª° [as] an heave offeringª unto the LORD,ª I have givenª° to the Levitesª to inherit:ª therefore¹¹ I have saidª° unto them, Amongª the childrenª of Israelª they shall haveª° no¹ inheritance.ª" {Num 18:12-24} + "Moreover he commandedª° the peopleª that dweltª° in Jerusalemª to giveª° the portionª of the priestsª and the Levites,ª that¹ they might be encouragedª° in the lawª of the LORD.ª ... And Azariahª the chiefª priestª of the houseª of Zadokª answeredª°¹ him, and said,ª° Since [the people] beganª°¹ to bringª° the offeringsª into the houseª of the LORD,ª we have had enoughª° to eat,ª° and have leftª°¹ plenty:ª for¹ the LORDª hath blessedª°¹ his people;ª and that which is leftª° [is]¹ this¹ great store.ª" {2Ch 31:4-10} + "And at that¹ timeª were some²¹ appointedª° over¹ the chambersª for the treasures,ª for the offerings,ª for the firstfruits,ª and for the tithes,ª to gatherª° into them out of the fieldsª of the citiesª the portionsª of the lawª for the priestsª and Levites:ª for¹ Judahª rejoicedª for¹ the priestsª and for¹ the Levitesª that waited.ª° ... And all¹ Israelª in the daysª of Zerubbabel,ª and in the daysª of Nehemiah,ª gaveª° the portionsª of the singersª° and the porters,ª every dayª his portion:ª and they sanctifiedª° [holy things] unto the Levites;ª and the Levitesª sanctifiedª° [them] unto the childrenª of Aaron.ª" {Neh 12:44-47}
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