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Numbers 18:13

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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.

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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.”

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.

“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.

“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.

“Give the Lord the very first crops that you harvest. Bring those things to the house [353] of the Lord your God.

One basket had very good figs in it. Those figs were like figs that ripen early in the season. But the other basket had rotten figs. They were too rotten to eat.

And the first part of the harvest from every kind of crop will be for the priests. You will also give the priests the first of your dough. This will bring blessings to your house.

At the time I found Israel, they were like fresh grapes in the desert. They were like the first figs on a fig tree at the beginning of the season. But then they came to Baal-Peor. {\cf2\super [92]} And they changed—and I had to cut them off \{(destroy them) like rotten fruit. {\cf2\super [93]} They became like the terrible things \{(false gods) that they loved.

He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he can eat the holy food. Why? Because {after sunset he is clean and} that food belongs to him.

On that day, bring two loaves of bread from your homes. That bread will be for a wave offering. Use yeast and 16 cups [406] of flour to make those loaves of bread. That will be your gift to the Lord from your first harvest.

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

You must give the priests the first part of your harvest. You must give them the first part of your grain, your new wine, and your oil. You must give the Levites [114] the first wool cut from your sheep.

You will gather the crops that grow in the land the Lord is giving you. You must take the first crops and put them in baskets. Then take that first part of your harvest to the place the Lord your God chooses to be his special house.




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