³⁰ The best of all the firstfruits^(A) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal^(B) so that a blessing^(C) may rest on your household.^(D)

¹⁶ If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits^(A) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.