Bible Cross References
all the first-fruits
Exodus 13:2
"Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me."
Exodus 13:12
you must offer every first-born male to the LORD. Every first-born male of your animals belongs to the LORD,
Exodus 22:29
"Give me the offerings from your grain, your wine, and your olive oil when they are due. "Give me your first-born sons.
Exodus 23:19
"Each year bring to the house of the LORD your God the first grain that you harvest. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk.
Numbers 3:13
Numbers 15:19-21
19
When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the LORD.
20
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.
21
For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the LORD from the bread you bake.
Numbers 18:12-18
12
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
13
It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.
14
"Everything in Israel that has been unconditionally dedicated to me belongs to you.
15
"Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.
16
Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.
17
But the first-born of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an odor pleasing to me.
18
The meat from them belongs to you, like the breast and the right hind leg of the special offering.
Numbers 18:27-30
27
This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine.
28
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.
29
Give it from the best that you receive.
30
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.
Deuteronomy 18:4
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
2 Chronicles 31:4-6
4
In addition, the king told the people of Jerusalem to bring the offerings to which the priests and the Levites were entitled, so that they could give all their time to the requirements of the Law of the LORD.
5
As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.
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.
2 Chronicles 31:10-6
Nehemiah 10:35-37
35
We will take to the Temple each year an offering of the first grain we harvest and of the first fruit that ripens on our trees.
36
The first son born to each of us we will take to the priests in the Temple and there, as required by the Law, dedicate him to God. We will also dedicate the first calf born to each of our cows, and the first lamb or kid born to each of our sheep or goats.
37
We will take to the priests in the Temple the dough made from the first grain harvested each year and our other offerings of wine, olive oil, and all kinds of fruit. We will take to the Levites, who collect tithes in our farming villages, the tithes from the crops that grow on our land.
James 1:18
By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
that he may
Deuteronomy 26:10-15
10
So now I bring to the LORD the first part of the harvest that he has given me.' "Then set the basket down in the LORD's presence and worship there.
11
Be grateful for the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family; and let the Levites and the foreigners who live among you join in the celebration.
12
"Every third year give the tithe---a tenth of your crops---to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, so that in every community they will have all they need to eat. When you have done this,
13
say to the LORD, 'None of the sacred tithe is left in my house; I have given it to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded me to do. I have not disobeyed or forgotten any of your commands concerning the tithe.
14
I have not eaten any of it when I was mourning; I have not taken any of it out of my house when I was ritually unclean; and I have not given any of it as an offering for the dead. I have obeyed you, O LORD; I have done everything you commanded concerning the tithe.
15
Look down from your holy place in heaven and bless your people Israel; bless also the rich and fertile land that you have given us, as you promised our ancestors.'
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.
Proverbs 3:10
If you do, your barns will be filled with grain, and you will have too much wine to store it all.
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.
Malachi 3:11
I will not let insects destroy your crops, and your grapevines will be loaded with grapes.