28 Bible Verses about First fruits

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Exodus 34:26

I am Jehovah your God! You must bring the first part of your harvest to the place of worship. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Ezekiel 44:30

The priests should have the best of all the first ripened fruits. The best of every gift from all your contributions must go to the priests. The best of your dough must go to the priests. This will cause a blessing to rest on your home.

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Exodus 23:19

Bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of Jehovah your God. Do not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Deuteronomy 26:2

Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.

Exodus 23:16

Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.

1 Corinthians 16:15

I exhort you, brothers, you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the holy ones.

Romans 11:16

If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

Deuteronomy 14:22

You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Deuteronomy 26:10

Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground that You, O Jehovah have given me. Set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.'

Deuteronomy 18:4

They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.

Leviticus 2:12

Bring them to Jehovah as an offering of first fruits. Do not offer them on the altar as a soothing aroma.

Nehemiah 13:31

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

Nehemiah 10:35

To take the first fruits of our land, and the first fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 26:1

When you enter the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance you will possess it and live in it.

Leviticus 19:23

When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.

Numbers 28:26

During the Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly. On that day you must not do any regular work. Bring Jehovah your new grain offering, the first produce harvested from your fields.

Leviticus 23:20

The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.

Numbers 18:12

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

Nehemiah 10:37

That we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God. The tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites for the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

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First fruits » First ripe of fruits, grain, oil, wine, and first of fleece, required as an offering

Deuteronomy 18:4

They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

2 Chronicles 31:5

As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.

Nehemiah 10:37

That we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God. The tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites for the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

First fruits » Figurative

Romans 11:16

If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

1 Corinthians 15:23

Everyone will be raised to life in the right order: Christ the first fruits and afterward those who belong to Christ at the time of his coming.

First fruits » Presented at the tabernacle

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Exodus 23:19

Bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of Jehovah your God. Do not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Exodus 34:26

I am Jehovah your God! You must bring the first part of your harvest to the place of worship. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Deuteronomy 26:3-10

Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: I declare this day to Jehovah my God! I have entered the land Jehovah swore to our fathers to give us. The priest will take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Jehovah your God. Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation. read more.
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us. We cried out to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice. He saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression. Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground that You, O Jehovah have given me. Set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.'

First fruits » Belonged to the priests

Leviticus 23:20

The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.

Numbers 18:12-13

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

Deuteronomy 18:3-5

When cattle or sheep are sacrificed, the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jaw, and the stomach. They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool. Jehovah chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him and his sons as priests forever.

First fruits » As a heave offering

Nehemiah 10:37

That we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God. The tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites for the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

Ezekiel 44:30

The priests should have the best of all the first ripened fruits. The best of every gift from all your contributions must go to the priests. The best of your dough must go to the priests. This will cause a blessing to rest on your home.

Numbers 15:20

When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new grain is to be presented as a special contribution to Jehovah. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the grain you thresh.

First fruits » Wave offering of

Leviticus 23:17

Bring two loaves of bread from your homes to present to Jehovah. Bake them with four quarts of flour. They are the first harvested grain for Jehovah.

Leviticus 23:10-14

Tell the Israelites: 'When you come to the land I am going to give you and you harvest grain, bring a bundle of the first grain you harvest to the priest. He will present it to Jehovah so that you will be accepted. He will present it on the day after Passover. On the day you present the bundle, you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects as a burnt offering to Jehovah. read more.
Present a grain offering of four quarts of flour mixed with olive oil with it. This will be a sacrifice by fire made to Jehovah. It will be a soothing aroma. Use one quart of wine for the wine offering. Do not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this same day. Then bring the offering to your God. It is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live.

First fruits » To be offered as a thank-offering upon entrance into the land of promise

Deuteronomy 26:3-10

Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: I declare this day to Jehovah my God! I have entered the land Jehovah swore to our fathers to give us. The priest will take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Jehovah your God. Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation. read more.
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us. We cried out to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice. He saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression. Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground that You, O Jehovah have given me. Set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.'

First fruits » Freewill offerings of, given to the prophets

2 Kings 4:42

A man came from Baal Shalishah. He brought Elisha twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley harvested that year and some freshly cut heads of grain. Elisha told his servant to feed the group of prophets with this.

First fruits » Offerings of, must be free from blemish

Numbers 18:12

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

First fruits » Illustrative of » Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15:23

Everyone will be raised to life in the right order: Christ the first fruits and afterward those who belong to Christ at the time of his coming.

First fruits » Different kinds of » Wheat harvest

Exodus 23:16

Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.

Leviticus 23:16-17

until the day after the seventh week. This is a total of fifty days. Then bring a new grain offering to Jehovah. Bring two loaves of bread from your homes to present to Jehovah. Bake them with four quarts of flour. They are the first harvested grain for Jehovah.

First fruits » Law of, restored after the captivity

Nehemiah 10:35

To take the first fruits of our land, and the first fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 13:31

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

First fruits » Illustrative of » Church of Christ

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

First fruits » To be offered » With thanksgiving

Deuteronomy 26:3-10

Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: I declare this day to Jehovah my God! I have entered the land Jehovah swore to our fathers to give us. The priest will take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Jehovah your God. Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation. read more.
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us. We cried out to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice. He saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression. Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground that You, O Jehovah have given me. Set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.'

First fruits » Different kinds of » Fruit of new trees in fourth year

Leviticus 19:23-24

When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years. All the fruit will be a holy offering of praise to Jehovah in the fourth year.

First fruits » Different kinds of » Barley harvest

Leviticus 23:10-14

Tell the Israelites: 'When you come to the land I am going to give you and you harvest grain, bring a bundle of the first grain you harvest to the priest. He will present it to Jehovah so that you will be accepted. He will present it on the day after Passover. On the day you present the bundle, you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects as a burnt offering to Jehovah. read more.
Present a grain offering of four quarts of flour mixed with olive oil with it. This will be a sacrifice by fire made to Jehovah. It will be a soothing aroma. Use one quart of wine for the wine offering. Do not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this same day. Then bring the offering to your God. It is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live.

First fruits » Different kinds of » Honey

2 Chronicles 31:5

As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.

First fruits » Different kinds of » Wine and oil

Deuteronomy 18:4

They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.

First fruits » Different kinds of » Wool

Deuteronomy 18:4

They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.

First fruits » To be offered » In a basket

Deuteronomy 26:2

Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.

First fruits » All agricultural produce

Deuteronomy 26:2

Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.

First fruits » Allotted to the priests

Numbers 18:12-13

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

First fruits » To be the very best of their kind

Numbers 18:12

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

First fruits » Holy to the lord

Ezekiel 48:14

They must not sell any of it or trade any of it. They must not let others have the best part of the land, because the land is Jehovah's and it is holy.

First fruits » Illustrative of » Early jewish church

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.

First fruits » To be offered » Without delay

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

First fruits » Offering of, consecrated the whole

Romans 11:16

If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

First fruits » God honored by the offering of

First fruits » To be brought to God's house

Exodus 34:26

I am Jehovah your God! You must bring the first part of your harvest to the place of worship. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

First fruits » Illustrative of » First converts in any place

Romans 16:5

Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is of the first fruits (converts) of Asia to Christ.

Levites » First fruits

Nehemiah 12:44

Men were stationed over the houses where the contributions and the first fruits and the tenths were stored. They were to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town. The law fixed this for the priests and the Levites: Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

Nehemiah 12:47

All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what the music-makers and the gatekeepers deeded day by day. They made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

Offerings » Different kinds of » First fruits

Deuteronomy 18:4

They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Priest » Benefits of » First fruits

Leviticus 23:20

The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.

Numbers 18:12-13

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

Deuteronomy 18:3-5

When cattle or sheep are sacrificed, the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jaw, and the stomach. They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool. Jehovah chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him and his sons as priests forever.

Nehemiah 10:36

As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law. The first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:

Leviticus 24:9

The bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. It is very holy, set apart from Jehovah's offering by fire. This is a long lasting law.

More verses: Numbers 18:17-18

priests » Revenues of » First fruits

Numbers 18:8

Jehovah said to Aaron: I have placed you in charge of all the contributions given to me. I have given you and your descendants all the holy gifts from the Israelites as your share. These contributions will be yours from generation to generation.

Numbers 18:12-13

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

Types of Christ » First fruits

Exodus 22:29

Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.

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