As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly (A)the tithe of everything.

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As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits(A) of their grain, new wine,(B) olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.

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12 Then all Judah brought (A)the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.

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12 All Judah brought the tithes(A) of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.(B)

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12 (A)All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, (B)the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.

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12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain(A) they give the Lord(B) as the firstfruits of their harvest.(C)

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It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (A)they are virgins. It is these (B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

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These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(A) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(B) They were purchased from among mankind(C) and offered as firstfruits(D) to God and the Lamb.

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18 (A)Of his own will he (B)brought us forth by the word of truth, (C)that we should be a kind of (D)firstfruits of his creatures.

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18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

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for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (A)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave (B)according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly (C)for the favor[a] of taking part in (D)the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they (E)gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:4 The Greek word charis can mean favor or grace or thanks, depending on the context

In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.(A) For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,(B) and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing(C) in this service(D) to the Lord’s people.(E) And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

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20 But in fact (A)Christ has been raised from the dead, (B)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(A) the firstfruits(B) of those who have fallen asleep.(C)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;

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31 and I provided (A)for the wood offering (B)at appointed times, and for the firstfruits.

(C)Remember me, O my God, for good.

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31 I also made provision for contributions of wood(A) at designated times, and for the firstfruits.(B)

Remember(C) me with favor, my God.

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Service at the Temple

44 (A)On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

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44 At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms(A) for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes.(B) From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.(C)

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35 We obligate ourselves (A)to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord; 36 also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, (B)as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; 37 (C)and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, (D)to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor. 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of (E)the storehouse. 39 For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi (F)shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. (G)We will not neglect the house of our God.”

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35 “We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits(A) of our crops and of every fruit tree.(B)

36 “As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn(C) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.(D)

37 “Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.(E) And we will bring a tithe(F) of our crops to the Levites,(G) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.(H) 38 A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes(I) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.

“We will not neglect the house of our God.”(J)

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10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.[a] 11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:10 Or until it was full

10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly,(A) dropping them into the chest until it was full. 11 Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king’s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money.

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and said to Moses, (A)“The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the (B)contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing,

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and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough(A) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more,

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