Leviticus 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

The oblation

General references

Leviticus 2:16

Bible References

The oblation

For Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth. Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his city, saying,

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

"Six years thou shalt sow thy land and gather in the fruits thereof:

Ye shall give a cake of the first of your dough unto a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the barn, even so ye shall heave it.

And now, lo: I have brought the first fruits of the land which the LORD hath given me.' And set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God,

And as soon as the word came abroad the children of Israel brought abundance of first fruits of corn, wine, oil and honey, and of all manner of fruits of the field: and the tithes of all manner of things brought they in plenteously.

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and is become the first fruits of them that slept.

These are they, which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from men being the first fruits unto God and to the lamb,

General references

And the priest shall burn part of the beaten corn and part of that oil, with all the frankincense, for a remembrance. That is an offering unto the LORD."'