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115 Bible Verses about Giving First Fruit Offerings
Think about first fruits – that special offering we give to God. It's a way of saying "thank you" and showing our love for Him. In the Bible, it's often talked about with the first harvest or the firstborn livestock. But it's so much deeper than that, isn't it?
Giving our first fruits is really about acknowledging that everything we have comes from God. It's about honoring Him by giving Him the first and the best – not the leftovers. It's an act of trust, like saying, "God, I know you'll provide. I know you're the owner of everything, and I depend on you."
It's a good reminder to put God first in everything – not just our money, but our time, our talents, how we use what we have, even the decisions we make every single day. When we put God first, we're saying, "I trust you, God. I want your guidance in everything I do."
It's like James 1:181 says, "He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created." That's pretty powerful, to think of ourselves as God's first fruits.
But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
If the firstfruit is holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: When you have come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you are to bring the omer of the firstfruits of your harvest to the kohen.He is to wave the omer before Adonai, to be accepted for you. On the morrow after the Shabbat, the kohen is to wave it.
By His will, He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.
“Now when you enter the land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,So now, look! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me, Adonai.’ Then you are to set it down before Adonai your God and worship before Adonai your God.You will rejoice in all the good that Adonai your God has given to you and to your house—you, the Levite, and the outsider in your midst.“When you finish tithing the full tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, so that they may eat within your town gates and be satisfied.Then you are to say before Adonai your God, ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house and also have given it to the Levite and to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, according to all Your mitzvah that You have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your mitzvot.I have not eaten from the tithe in my mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or given any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of Adonai my God; I have done all just as You commanded me.Look down from Your holy dwelling place, from the heavens and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.’“This day Adonai your God is commanding you to do these statutes and ordinances—so you are to take care and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.Today you have affirmed Adonai as your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, mitzvot and ordinances, and listen to His voice.Now today Adonai has affirmed you as His treasured people, as He promised you; that you are to keep all His mitzvot;that He will set you high above all the nations He has made, for praise, fame and honor; and that you are to be a holy people to Adonai your God, as He has promised.”you are to take some of the first of all the produce of the soil, which you gather from your land that Adonai your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place Adonai your God chooses to make His Name dwell.
The first of all the firstfruits of everything and every offering of every kind from all your offerings will belong to the kohanim. You will also give the kohen the first of your dough, to make a blessing to rest on your house.
and not only creation, but even ourselves. We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Ruach, groan inwardly as we eagerly wait for adoption—the redemption of our body.
All the finest olive oil, the finest new wine and grain they give to Adonai from their firstfruits, I have given them to you.All the firstfruits of the land that they bring to Adonai will be for yours. Anyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you are to give him.
And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in the new world, you who have followed Me shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Also you are to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you sow in the field, as well as the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your crops from the field.
Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.
As a gift of firstfruits you may offer them to Adonai, but they are not to ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.
while Abel—he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. Now Adonai looked favorably upon Abel and his offering,
“Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, from every womb of Bnei-Yisrael, both men and animals—this is Mine.”
“We—the kohanim, the Levites and the people—have cast lots concerning the offering of wood, to bring it into the House of our God according to our ancestral house at the appointed times year by year to burn on the altar of Adonai, our God, as it is written in the Torah.Also to bring the firstfruits of our land and the first fruits of all fruit trees year by year to the House of Adonai,and the firstborn of our sons and our livestock as written in the Torah; the firstborn of our cattle and our sheep to the House of our God—to the kohanim ministering in the House of our God;
“Do the same with your cattle and with your sheep. For seven days it is to be with its mother, and on the eighth day you are to give it to Me.
“When you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, you are to consider their fruit as forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you. It is not to be eaten.Then in the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, for giving praise to Adonai.In the fifth year you may eat its fruit. So it will yield its increase to you. I am Adonai your God.
“We—the kohanim, the Levites and the people—have cast lots concerning the offering of wood, to bring it into the House of our God according to our ancestral house at the appointed times year by year to burn on the altar of Adonai, our God, as it is written in the Torah.
You are to offer a cake from the first of your ground-up meal as an offering from your threshing floor—so you are to lift it up.Throughout your generations to come, you are to give this offering from the first of your ground-up meal.
Bring the choicest firstfruits of your land into the House of Adonai your God. “Do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
There you are to bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, your vow and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.There you and your households will eat before Adonai your God and rejoice in every undertaking of your hand, as Adonai your God has blessed you.
“You are to observe the Feast of Shavuot, which is the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, as well as the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
“You are to bring the choicest firstfruits of your land to the House of Adonai your God. “You must not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”
“If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to Adonai, you are to present for the grain offering of your firstfruits of fresh ears of barley, scorched with fire—crushed grain of fresh ears.
“You will surely set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.You are to eat the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, before Adonai your God in the place He chooses to make His Name dwell, so that you may learn to fear Adonai your God always.
Throughout your generations to come, you are to give this offering from the first of your ground-up meal.
“On the Day of Firstfruits, when you offer to Adonai a new grain offering during the Feast of Weeks, you are to have a sacred assembly. You are to do no laborious work.
All the finest olive oil, the finest new wine and grain they give to Adonai from their firstfruits, I have given them to you.
So it happened after some time that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to Adonai,while Abel—he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. Now Adonai looked favorably upon Abel and his offering,but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
There you are to bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, your vow and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
“All the tithe of the land whether from the seed of the land, or the fruit of the trees, belongs to Adonai, for it is holy to Adonai.
you are to take some of the first of all the produce of the soil, which you gather from your land that Adonai your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place Adonai your God chooses to make His Name dwell.
So now, look! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me, Adonai.’ Then you are to set it down before Adonai your God and worship before Adonai your God.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Then there will be food in My House. Now test Me in this”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out blessing for you, until no one is without enough.
See, I have given all the tithes in Israel to the sons of Levi as an inheritance in return for all the work of the service they are doing in the Tent of Meeting.
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits—20 loaves of barley bread and fresh ears of corn in his sack. Then he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”
Then you are to say before Adonai your God, ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house and also have given it to the Levite and to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, according to all Your mitzvah that You have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your mitzvot.I have not eaten from the tithe in my mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or given any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of Adonai my God; I have done all just as You commanded me.Look down from Your holy dwelling place, from the heavens and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
As soon as the word spread, Bnei-Yisrael gave generously the firstfruits of their grain, wine, oil, honey and all the produce of the field, as well as tithe of all the abundance.
On that day men were appointed over the storehouses for the offerings, firstfruits and tithes. They were to gather into them the portions from the fields of the cities required by the Torah for the kohanim and the Levites. For Judah delighted in the kohanim and in the Levites who were ministering.
Moreover, he commanded the people, the residents of Jerusalem, to give the portion allotted to the kohanim and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the Torah of Adonai.As soon as the word spread, Bnei-Yisrael gave generously the firstfruits of their grain, wine, oil, honey and all the produce of the field, as well as tithe of all the abundance.
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
and for the wood offering at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Take from among you an offering for Adonai. Whoever has a willing heart, let him bring Adonai’s offering: gold, silver and bronze;
They must not sell or exchange any of it or transfer the choice portion of the land, for it is holy to Adonai.
So Moses gave an order, and they proclaimed it throughout the camp saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else as an offering for the Sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more.For the work material they had was sufficient for all the work, with much left over.
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.
But each in its own order: Messiah the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Messiah;
Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”
But I have received everything and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you sent—a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
One gives freely, yet gains even more. Another withholds unjustly, and comes to poverty.A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.
From all the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, a tenth will be holy to Adonai.One is not to inquire if it is good or bad, nor exchange it. Or if he does exchange it, then both it and that for which it is exchanged will become holy, and may not be redeemed.”
On the first day of the week, let each of you set something aside, saving up whatever is gained, so no collections take place when I come.
“Now when you enter the land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,So now, look! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me, Adonai.’ Then you are to set it down before Adonai your God and worship before Adonai your God.You will rejoice in all the good that Adonai your God has given to you and to your house—you, the Levite, and the outsider in your midst.
Then Yeshua looked up and saw the rich dropping their gifts into the treasury box.Then He continued telling them, “Nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be great earthquakes along with famines and epidemics in various places, and there will be terrors along with great signs from heaven.But before all these things, they will grab you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, and leading you away to kings and governors on account of My name.This will lead you to be a witness.So make up your minds not to prepare ahead of time to defend yourselves—for I Myself will give you speech and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.But you will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—and they will put some of you to death.And you will be hated by all because of My name.Yet not a hair of your head will be lost.By your endurance, you will gain your souls.He also saw a poor widow dropping in two small copper coins.“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must get out, and those in the countryside must not enter her.For these are the days of punishment, to fulfill all that has been written.“Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath on this people.They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars. And upon the earth nations will be confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.People will lose heart from fear and anticipation of what is overtaking the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.Now when these things begin to happen, stand straight and lift up your heads, because your salvation is near!”Then Yeshua told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.As soon as they sprout their leaves, you see it and you know at once that summer is near.So also, when you see these all these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.Amen, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.For it will come rushing upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”So during the days Yeshua was teaching in the Temple, but in the nights He went out and stayed on the Mount of Olives.And all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the Temple.For all these put in their gifts from their surplus. But she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.”
No one among them was needy, for all who were owners of lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceedsand set them at the feet of the emissaries. And the proceeds were distributed according to the need each one had.
In all things I have shown you an object lesson—that by hard work one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Yeshua, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.
A psalm of David. The earth is Adonai’s and all that fills it— the world, and those dwelling on it.
My God will fulfill every need of yours according to the riches of His glory in Messiah Yeshua.
So this stone which I set up as a memorial stone will become God’s House, and of everything You provide me I will definitely give a tenth of it to You.”
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later— I’ll give it tomorrow,” when you have it with you.
For in My holy mountain, Israel’s high mountain”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will take pleasure in them. There I will receive your offerings, the first of your gifts, with all your holy things.
Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.Direct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous, sharing,
So they came, both men and women, everyone whose heart compelled him, and brought nose rings, earrings, signet rings, bracelets, and all kinds of golden jewels—everyone who brought a wave offering of gold to Adonai.
Now the One who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.You will be enriched in everything for all generosity, which through us brings about thanksgiving to God.
“Sell your possessions and do tzadakah. Make money pouches for yourselves that do not get old—a treasure in the heavens that never runs out, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
and blessed be El Elyon, Who gave over your enemies Into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”“By offering defiled bread on My altar.” But you say, “How did we defile You?” When you say, “The table of Adonai is despicable.”“When you bring a blind one as sacrifice, is it not wrong? Or when you bring a lame or sick one, is it not wrong? Offer them now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Or will he acknowledge you favorably?” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with tza'arat, drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.He raises the helpless from the dust. He lifts the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with nobles, granting them a seat of honor. For the earth’s pillars are Adonai’s, and He has set the world on them.
Joanna, the wife of Kuza, Herod’s finance minister; Susanna; and many others—were supporting them out of their own resources.
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and bring an offering down to the man—a little balsam and a little honey, gum and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
All the officers and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest until it was full.Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s officers and when they saw that it was full of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the kohen gadol would come and empty the box and take it back to its place. Thus they did daily and gathered much money.
Everyone who crosses over among them who is counted, from 20 years old and upward, is to give the offering to Adonai.The rich are not to give more and the poor are not to give less than the half shekel, when they present the offering of Adonai to make atonement for your souls.
Then you will keep the Feast of Shavuot to Adonai your God with a measure of a freewill offering from your hand, which you are to give according to how Adonai your God blesses you.
“Also the kohen, a descendant of Aaron, will be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithe, and the Levites will bring a tenth of the tithes up to the House of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
“Come to Bethel and transgress, in Gilgal multiply transgression. Every morning bring your sacrifices and your tithes every three days.Offer up hametz as a thank offering, call out about freewill offerings— boast about it! For so you love to do, Bnei-Yisrael.” It is the declaration of my Lord Adonai.
You are to go to the kohen in charge in those days and say to him, ‘I declare today to Adonai your God, that I have entered into the land Adonai swore to our fathers to give us.’The kohen is to take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Adonai your God.
Adonai then said to Aaron, “See, I have given you charge over all My offerings. All the sacred things from Bnei-Yisrael I have given to you as set aside for you and your sons as a permanent share.
Now when it happens that your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’You are to say, ‘It is the sacrifice of Adonai’s Passover, because He passed over the houses of Bnei-Yisrael in Egypt, when He struck down the Egyptians, but spared our households.’” So the people bowed their heads and worshipped.
This is the Torah of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the ordination offering, and the sacrifice of fellowship offerings,
“For what is it to Me— the multitude of your sacrifices?” says Adonai. “I am full of burnt offerings of rams and fat of fed animals. I have no delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or he-goats.When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand— trampling My courts?Bring no more worthless offerings! Incense is an abomination to Me. New Moon and Shabbat, the calling of convocations —I cannot endure it— iniquity with solemn assembly.Your New Moons and your Festivals My soul hates! They are a burden to Me. I am weary to bear them.When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. When you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood!”“Wash and make yourselves clean. Put away the evil of your deeds from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.“The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.But if your eye is bad, your body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”“So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?“Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.But when you do tzadakah, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,Now if in this way God clothes the grass—which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow—will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’For the pagans eagerly pursue all these things; yet your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”so that your tzadakah may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God— God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing for joy of Your righteousness.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have somehow cheated anyone, I repay four times as much!”
But if someone has material possessions and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
“And answering, the King will say to them, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever you did to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Ascribe to Adonai the glory due to His Name. Bring an offering and come before Him. Worship Adonai in the splendor of holiness.
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
One who gives to the poor will not lack, but one who shuts his eyes will have many curses.
the gift of each man’s hand according to the blessing Adonai your God has given you.
In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
“When anyone brings a sacrifice offering of grain to Adonai, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he is to pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.What is left of the grain offering is for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion of the offerings to Adonai made by fire.“Every grain offering which you present to Adonai shall be made without hametz, for you are not to burn up as smoke any hametz nor any honey as a sacrifice made by fire to Adonai.As a gift of firstfruits you may offer them to Adonai, but they are not to ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.Also you are to season with salt every sacrifice of your grain offering. You are never to allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your sacrifices you must offer salt.“If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to Adonai, you are to present for the grain offering of your firstfruits of fresh ears of barley, scorched with fire—crushed grain of fresh ears.You are then to put oil and frankincense on it. It is a grain offering.The kohen should burn up as its memorial portion part of its crushed grain and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense. It is an offering made by fire to Adonai.He is to bring it to Aaron’s sons, the kohanim, and he should take from there his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense. Then the kohen should burn up as smoke its memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire—a soothing aroma to Adonai.What is left of the grain offering is for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion of the offerings to Adonai made by fire.
And all who believed were together, having everything in common.They began selling their property and possessions and sharing them with all, as any had need.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
But as you excel in everything—in faith and speech and knowledge and all diligence, and in your love for us—also excel in this grace.