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 34:26
34:26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.
You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Leviticus 23:10-17
23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest,
then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest
to the priest,
23:11 and he must wave the sheaf before the
Lord to be accepted for your benefit
– on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.
23:12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer
a flawless yearling lamb
for a burnt offering to the
Lord,
23:13 along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of
choice wheat flour
mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the
Lord, a soothing aroma,
and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine.
23:14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day,
until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations
in all the places where you live.
The Festival of Weeks
23:15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks.
23:16 You must count fifty days – until the day after the seventh Sabbath – and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord.
23:17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as first fruits to the Lord.
Numbers 18:12-13
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.
18:13 And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the Lord will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.
Deuteronomy 12:5-7
12:5 But you must seek only the place he
chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence,
and you must go there.
12:6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared,
your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
12:7 Both you and your families
must feast there before the
Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he
has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 26:10
26:10 So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground’s produce that you,
Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it down before the
Lord your God and worship before him.
Nehemiah 10:35
10:35 We also accept responsibility for
bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the
LORD.
Nehemiah 10:1
10:1 On the sealed documents were the following names:
Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,
Colossians 1:20
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
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,