Exodus 22:29

Easy To Read Version

“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:42

A man from Baal Shalishah came and brought bread from the first harvest to the man of God [35] (Elisha). This man brought 20 loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in his sack. Then Elisha said, “Give this food to the people, so that they can eat.”

2 Chronicles 31:5

People all around the country heard about this command. So the people of Israel gave the first part of their harvest of grain, grapes, oil, honey, and all the things they grew in their fields. They brought one tenth of all these many things.

Exodus 13:12

you must remember to give him every firstborn boy. And every male animal that is the firstborn must be given to the Lord.

Exodus 13:2

“You must give me every male in Israel that is its mother's first child. That means that every firstborn baby {boy} and every firstborn {male} animal will be mine.”

Exodus 23:15

The first holiday will be the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This is like I commanded you. At this time you will eat bread that is made without yeast. This will continue for seven days. You will do this during the month of Abib, [146] because this is the time when you came out of Egypt. Every person must bring a sacrifice to me at that time.

Exodus 23:16

“The second holiday will be the Festival of Pentecost. This holiday will be {during the early summer time} when you begin harvesting the crops you planted in your fields.

Exodus 23:19

“When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house [150] of the Lord your God.

Exodus 34:19

“A woman’s first baby always belongs to me. Even the first animals that are born from your cattle or sheep belong to me.

Exodus 34:20

If you want to keep a donkey that is the first born, then you can buy it with a lamb. But if you don’t buy that donkey with a lamb, then you must break the donkey’s neck. You must buy back all of your firstborn [347] sons from me. No person should come before me without a gift.

Ezekiel 20:40

The Lord my Master says, “People must come to my holy mountain—the high mountain in Israel—to serve me! The whole family of Israel will be on their land—they will be there in their country. That is the place you can come to ask me for advice. And you must come to that place to bring me your offerings. You must bring the first part of your crops to me there in that place. You must bring all your holy gifts to me in that place.

Leviticus 22:27

“When a calf, or a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay seven days with its mother. Then on the eighth day and after, this animal will be accepted as a sacrifice offered by fire to the Lord.

Micah 7:1

I am upset because I am\par like fruit that has been gathered,\par like grapes that have already been picked.\par There are no grapes left to eat.\par There are none of the early figs\par that I love.\par

Numbers 18:13

When the people gather a harvest, they bring all the first things to the Lord. So these things I will give to you. And every person in your family that is clean [237] may eat it.

Matthew 6:33

The thing you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing the good things God wants you to do. Then all these other things you need will be given to you.

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit {\cf2\super [67]} as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.

Deuteronomy 15:19

“All the first male animals born in your herd and flock are special. You must give them to the Lord. Don’t use any of those animals for your work. And don’t cut wool from any of those sheep.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.