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Exodus 13:2
“ Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”
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Exodus 23:16
and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
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Deuteronomy 26:2-10
that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him,‘ I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’“ Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God:‘ My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.He has brought us to this place and has given us this land,“ a land flowing with milk and honey”;and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’“ Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.
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Exodus 23:19
The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
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James 1:18
Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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Romans 8:23
Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
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Exodus 13:12
that you shall set apart to the Lord all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD’s.
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Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes; There is no cluster to eat Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.
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2 Chronicles 31 5
As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
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2 Kings 4 42
Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said,“ Give it to the people, that they may eat.”
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Exodus 34:19
“ All that open the womb are Mine, and every male firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep.
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Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord GOD,“ there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things.