Deuteronomy 18:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

First-fruit

Nehemiah 12:44

The fleece

Job 21:20

General references

Leviticus 22:7

Bible References

First-fruit

and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. You shall give (consecrate, dedicate) to Me the firstborn of your sons.

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your ground into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am giving you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

All the best of the fresh [olive] oil, and all the best of the new wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the Lord, I give them to you.

He also told (ordered) the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion that was due to the priests and Levites, so that they might [be free to] devote themselves to the Law of the Lord.

On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.

The fleece

“Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

General references

When the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat the holy things, for it is his food.