TSK · Deuteronomy 26:2

“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

You can present them to the LORD as an offering of first fruit, but they must not go up to the altar for a soothing aroma.

“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the LORD, I have given to you.

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet– twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said,“Set it before the people so they may eat.”

When the edict was issued, the Israelites freely contributed the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.

On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.

Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

For there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the LORD.

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,