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 hath brought us into this place and hath given us this land that floweth with milk and honey.

Thy fruits, whether they be dry or moist, see thou keep not back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me:

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt also not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'When ye be come into the land which I give unto you and reap down your harvest, ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest,

all the fat of the oil, of the wine and of the corn: their first fruits which they give unto the LORD that have I given unto thee.

And he bade the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the part of the priests and Levites, that they might be maintained in the law of the LORD.

At the same time were there men appointed over the treasure chests - wherein were the Heave offerings, the firstlings and the tithes - that they should gather them out of the fields about the cities, to distribute them unto the priests and Levites according to the law: for Judah was glad of the priests, and Levites,

The fleece

Their own destruction and misery shall they see with their eyes, and drink of the fearful wrath of the Almighty.

General references

And then when the sun is down he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the hallowed things: for they are his food.