^2 (A)that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and ^(B)go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

^19 (A)The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. ^(B)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

^16 (A)and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and ^(B)the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.

^2 (A)On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

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²⁰ But now ^(A)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become ^(B)the firstfruits of those who have ^[a]fallen asleep.

¹⁶ For if ^(A)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

²³ Not only that, but we also who have ^(A)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(B)even we ourselves groan ^(C)within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the ^(D)redemption of our body.

^14 (A)And they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

³⁰ The ^(A)best^[a] of all firstfruits of any kind, and every sacrifice of any kind from all your sacrifices, shall be the priest’s; also you ^(B)shall give to the priest the first of your ground meal, ^(C)to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

⁴⁰ For ^(A)on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord God, “there ^(B)all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there ^(C)I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your ^[a]sacrifices, together with all your holy things.