Ezekiel 44:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

All the first-fruits

That he may

Deuteronomy 26:10

Proverbs 3:9

Malachi 3:10

Bible References

All the first-fruits

"Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."

"You are not to hold back the fullness of your harvest and the outflow of your wine presses. You are to give to me the firstborn of your sons.

"You are to bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "You are not to boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

because all the first-born belong to me. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since I am the LORD."

when you have eaten some of the bread that the land produces, you are to offer a raised offering to the LORD.

All the best oil, wine, grain, and first fruits that they give to the LORD are to belong to you. Everyone who is clean in your household may eat it.

Give them the first gatherings of your grain, wine, and oil, as well as wool from the shearing of your flock.

Hezekiah also directed the people who lived in Jerusalem to give what was due to the priests and descendants of Levi, so they could be strengthened in the LORD's Law.

We also cast lots to determine when to bring the first fruits of our land and the annual first fruits of all fruit of every tree to the Temple of the LORD,

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

That he may

Now, look I brought the first produce of the land that you, LORD, have given me.'

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce,

"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. So put me to the test in this right now," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and see if I won't throw open the windows of heaven for you and pour out on you blessing without measure.