Deuteronomy 18:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.”
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“You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 18:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
- Leviticus 23:17Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
- Numbers 18:12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
- Numbers 18:13The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
- Deuteronomy 26:9And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- 2 Chronicles 31:4Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 12:44And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
- Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
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