Exodus 22:29
22:29 “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
Exodus 23:16
23:16 “You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field.
Numbers 18:12
18:12 “All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.
Amos 6:1
The Party is over for the Rich
6:1 Woe to those who live in ease in Zion,
to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.
They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation.
The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.
Romans 11:16
11:16 If the first portion
of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
Romans 16:5
16:5 Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus,
who was the first convert
to Christ in the province of Asia.
James 1:18
1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth
through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Revelation 14:4
14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,