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Exodus 23:16
“ Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.“ Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. (niv)
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Exodus 23:19
“ Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.“ Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. (niv)
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Exodus 34:26
“ Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.“ Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” (niv)
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Deuteronomy 16:10
Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 15 20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (niv)
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Nehemiah 10:35-37
“ We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.“ As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.“ Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work. (niv)
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Ezekiel 20:40
For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. (niv)
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Joshua 18:1
The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control, (niv)
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1 Corinthians 16 2
On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 6 6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’ (niv)
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Romans 11:16
If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. (niv)
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Leviticus 2:14
“‘ If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, offer crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire. (niv)
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Leviticus 2:12
You may bring them to the Lord as an offering of the firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. (niv)
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Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. (niv)
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Ezekiel 48:14
They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 15 23
But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. (niv)
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Revelation 14:4
These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. (niv)
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Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,’” declares the Lord. (niv)
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Nehemiah 12:44
At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites. (niv)
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James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. (niv)
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Romans 16:5
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. (niv)
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Romans 8:23
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 12:5-6
But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 31 5
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. (niv)
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Exodus 22:29
“ Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.“ You must give me the firstborn of your sons. (niv)
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2 Kings 4 42
A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain.“ Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 18:4
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep, (niv)
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Nehemiah 13:31
I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God. (niv)
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Ezekiel 44:30
The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household. (niv)
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Numbers 18:12-13
“ I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give the Lord as the firstfruits of their harvest.All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it. (niv)