Bible Cross References
the first-fruits
Leviticus 23:17
Each family is to bring two loaves of bread and present them to the LORD as a special gift. Each loaf shall be made of four pounds of flour baked with yeast and shall be presented to the LORD as an offering of the first grain to be harvested.
Numbers 15:19-21
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When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the LORD.
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When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new grain is to be presented as a special contribution to the LORD. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the grain you thresh.
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For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the LORD from the bread you bake.
Numbers 18:12
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
Numbers 18:13
It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.
Deuteronomy 18:4
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Deuteronomy 26:2
each of you must place in a basket the first part of each crop that you harvest and you must take it with you to the one place of worship.
to the chambers
Nehemiah 13:5
He allowed Tobiah to use a large room that was intended only for storing offerings of grain and incense, the equipment used in the Temple, the offerings for the priests, and the tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil given to the Levites, to the Temple musicians, and to the Temple guards.
Nehemiah 13:9
I gave orders for the rooms to be ritually purified and for the Temple equipment, grain offerings, and incense to be put back.
1 Kings 6:5-10
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Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annex was built, each story 7 1/2 feet high.
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Each room in the lowest story was 7 1/2 feet wide, in the middle story 9 feet wide, and in the top story 10 1/2 feet wide. The Temple wall on each floor was thinner than on the floor below, so that the rooms could rest on the wall without having their beams built into it.
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The stones with which the Temple was built had been prepared at the quarry, so that there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was being built.
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The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories.
9
So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.
10
The three-storied annex, each story 7 1/2 feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.
2 Chronicles 31:11
On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area
2 Chronicles 31:12
and put all the gifts and tithes in them for safekeeping. They placed a Levite named Conaniah in charge and made his brother Shimei his assistant.
and the tithes
Leviticus 27:30-33
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One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD.
31
If you wish to buy any of it back, you must pay the standard price plus an additional 20 percent.
32
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the LORD. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the LORD.
33
You may not arrange the animals so that the poor animals are chosen, and you may not make any substitutions. If you do substitute one animal for another, then both animals will belong to the LORD and may not be bought back.
Numbers 18:21
The LORD said, "I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.
Numbers 18:24-32
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because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."
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The LORD commanded Moses
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to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.
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This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine.
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In this way you also will present the special contribution that belongs to the LORD from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. You are to give this special contribution for the LORD to Aaron the priest.
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Give it from the best that you receive.
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When you have presented the best part, you may keep the rest, just as the farmer keeps what is left after he makes his offering.
31
You and your families may eat the rest anywhere, because it is your wages for your service in the Tent.
32
You will not become guilty when you eat it, as long as you have presented the best of it to the LORD. But be sure not to profane the sacred gifts of the Israelites by eating any of the gifts before the best part is offered; if you do, you will be put to death."
2 Chronicles 31:6
All the people who lived in the cities of Judah brought tithes of their cattle and sheep, and they also brought large quantities of gifts which they dedicated to the LORD their God.
Malachi 3:8
I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. 'How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.