"You shall bringthe very firstof the firstfruitsof your soilinto the houseof the LORDyour God."You shall not boila younggoatin its mother'smilk."
and that they might bringthe firstfruitsof our groundand the firstfruitsof allthe fruitof everytreeto the houseof the LORDannually,
"You shall bringthe choicefirstfruitsof your soilinto the houseof the LORDyour God."You are not to boila younggoatin the milkof its mother.
"Speakto the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'Whenyou enterthe landwhichI am going to giveto you and reapits harvest,then you shall bringin the sheafof the firstfruitsof your harvestto the priest.
Untilthissameday,untilyou have broughtin the offeringof your God,you shall eatneitherbreadnorroastedgrainnornewgrowth.It is to be a perpetualstatutethroughout your generationsin allyour dwellingplaces.
Of the firstof your doughyou shall liftup a cakeas an offering;as the offeringof the threshingfloor,soyou shall liftit up.
"The firstripefruitsof allthat is in their land,whichthey bringto the LORD,shall be yours; everyoneof your householdwho is cleanmay eatit.
"But seekfirstHis kingdomand His righteousness,and allthese thingswill be addedto you.
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
"You shall not eatanythingwhichdies[of itself]. You may giveit to the alienwhois in your town,so that he may eatit, oryou may sellit to a foreigner,for you are a holypeopleto the LORDyour God.You shall not boila younggoatin its mother'smilk.
Nowbehold,I have broughtthe firstof the produceof the groundwhichYou, O LORDhave givenme.' And you shall setit downbeforethe LORDyour God,and worshipbeforethe LORDyour God;
that you shall takesomeof the firstof allthe produceof the groundwhichyou bringin from your landthat the LORDyour Godgivesyou, and you shall put[it] in a basketand goto the placewherethe LORDyour Godchoosesto establishHis name.
In the exercise of His willHe brought us forthby the wordof truth,sothat we would be a kindof first fruitsamong His creatures.
