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.
Shalt not delay
The firstborn
General references
Bible References
Shalt not delay
Exodus 23:16
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
Deuteronomy 26:2
that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
2 Kings 4:42
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
2 Chronicles 31:5
As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
Ezekiel 20:40
For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
Micah 7:1
Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Romans 8:23
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
James 1:18
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
The firstborn
Exodus 13:2
"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."
Exodus 34:19
"All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
General references
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: