Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

The firstborn

General references

Bible References

Shalt not delay

Exodus 23:16
And the festival of the harvest, the first fruits of thy works, which thou shalt sow in the field: and the festival of gathering in the going out of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
Deuteronomy 26:2
And thou tookest from the first of all the fruit of the land which thou shalt bring from thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, and put in a basket, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
2 Kings 4:42
And a man came from the lord of three, and he will bring to the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty of bread of barley, and garden fruits in his sack; and he will say, Give to the people, and they shall eat
2 Chronicles 31:5
And when the word broke forth, the sons of Israel increased the first-fruits of the grain, the new wine and the new oil, and honey, and all the produce of the field; and the tenth of all they brought in for abundance.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Jehovah from thy substance, and from the first-fruits of all thy produce.
Ezekiel 20:40
For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel serve me, all in the land: there I will receive them into favor, and there I will seek your offerings and the chief of your liftings up, with all your holy things.
Micah 7:1
Wo to me! for I was as the gatherings of the fruit harvest, as the gleanings of the vintage, no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fig.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.
Romans 8:23
And not only, but also they having the first fruits of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan in ourselves, waiting for the adoption as a son, the redemption of our body.
James 1:18
Having willed he brought forth by the word of truth, for us to be some first fruit of his creatures.

The firstborn

Exodus 13:2
Consecrate to me every first-born bursting open every womb among the sons of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is to me.
Exodus 34:19
All opening the womb is to me: all thy cattle, the male, the firstling of the ox or sheep.

General references

Proverbs 3:9
Honor Jehovah from thy substance, and from the first-fruits of all thy produce.