28 Bible Verses about First fruits
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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.
Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].
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.
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.
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.
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.'
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Bring them to Jehovah as an offering of first fruits. Do not offer them on the altar as a soothing aroma.
One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.
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.
When you enter the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance you will possess it and live in it.
When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.
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.
The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Test me, said Jehovah of Hosts, and see if I will open the windows of heaven and pour out showers of blessing upon you until there is no more want.
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.
We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.
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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From Thematic Bible
First fruits » First ripe of fruits, grain, oil, wine, and first of fleece, required as an offering
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
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.
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
We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.
If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].
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.
Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
First fruits » Presented at the tabernacle
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
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.
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.
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
The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
First fruits » To be offered » With thanksgiving
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
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
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
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
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
First fruits » Different kinds of » Wool
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
First fruits » To be offered » In a basket
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
Priest » Benefits of » First fruits
The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy.
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.
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.
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:
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.
priests » Revenues of » First fruits
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.
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
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].