1 Corinthians 15:20

But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.

2 Corinthians 8:2-5

Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;

James 1:18

It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.

Revelation 14:4

They have not been defiled by intercourse with women ??they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.

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Summary

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

Bible References

As soon

2 Corinthians 8:2
Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;

The firstfruits

1 Corinthians 15:20
But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.
James 1:18
It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.
Revelation 14:4
They have not been defiled by intercourse with women ??they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.