FIRST FRUITS

FIRST FRUITS

• First ripe of fruits, grain, oil, wine, and first of fleece, required as an offering: Exod.22.29, Lev.2.12-Lev.2.16, Num.18.12, Deut.18.4, 2Chr.31.5, Neh.10.35, Neh.10.37, Neh.10.39, Prov.3.9, Jer.2.3, Rom.11.16
• Offerings of, must be free from blemish: Num.18.12
• Presented at the tabernacle: Exod.22.29, Exod.23.19, Exod.34.26, Deut.26.3-Deut.26.10
• Belonged to the priests: Lev.23.20, Num.18.12, Num.18.13, Deut.18.3-Deut.18.5
• Freewill offerings of, given to the prophets: 2Kgs.4.42
• Wave offering of: Lev.23.10-Lev.23.14, Lev.23.17
• As a heave offering: Num.15.20, Neh.10.37, Ezek.44.30
• To be offered as a thank-offering upon entrance into the Land of Promise: Deut.26.3-Deut.26.10
• FIGURATIVE: Rom.8.23, Rom.11.16, 1Cor.15.20, 1Cor.15.23, Jas.1.18