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Exodus 22:29
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Exodus 22:29
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29 “Do not hold back offerings(A) from your granaries or your vats.[a]
“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(B)
Footnotes
- Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Exodus 22:29
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Exodus 22:29
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29 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.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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Exodus 23:16
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Exodus 23:16
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16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest(A) with the firstfruits(B) of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering(C) at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.(D)
Exodus 23:16
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Exodus 23:16
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16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
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Exodus 13:2
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Exodus 13:2
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2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
Exodus 13:2
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Exodus 13:2
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2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
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James 1:18
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James 1:18
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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.
James 1:18
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James 1:18
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18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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Matthew 6:33
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Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)
Matthew 6:33
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Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Deuteronomy 26:2-10
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Deuteronomy 26:2-10
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2 take some of the firstfruits(A) of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name(B) 3 and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(C) Aramean,(D) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(E) and lived there and became a great nation,(F) powerful and numerous. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer,(G) subjecting us to harsh labor.(H) 7 Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice(I) and saw(J) our misery,(K) toil and oppression.(L) 8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt(M) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(N) with great terror and with signs and wonders.(O) 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;(P) 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.(Q)” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.
Deuteronomy 26:2-10
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Deuteronomy 26:2-10
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2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:
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Exodus 23:19
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Exodus 23:19
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19 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(A) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(B)
Exodus 23:19
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Exodus 23:19
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19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
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Exodus 13:12
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Exodus 13:12
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12 you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.(A)
Exodus 13:12
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Exodus 13:12
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12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's.
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Romans 8:23
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Romans 8:23
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23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(A) groan(B) inwardly as we wait eagerly(C) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(D)
Romans 8:23
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Romans 8:23
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23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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Micah 7:1
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Micah 7:1
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Israel’s Misery
7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs(A) that I crave.
Micah 7:1
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Micah 7:1
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7 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
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Ezekiel 20:40
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Ezekiel 20:40
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40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(A) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings(B) and your choice gifts,[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.(C)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits
Ezekiel 20:40
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Ezekiel 20:40
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40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
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2 Chronicles 31:5
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2 Chronicles 31:5
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5 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.
2 Chronicles 31:5
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2 Chronicles 31:5
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5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
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