Also ifyou bringa grain offeringof earlyripenedthingsto the LORD,you shall bringfreshheadsof grainroastedin the fire,gritsof newgrowth,for the grain offeringof your earlyripenedthings.
So it cameabout in the courseof timethat Cainbroughtan offeringto the LORDof the fruitof the ground.
Now a mancamefrom Baal-shalishah,and broughtthe manof Godbreadof the firstfruits,twentyloavesof barleyand freshearsof grainin his sack.And he said,"Give[them] to the peoplethat they may eat."
You shall then putoilon it and layincenseon it; it is a grain offering.
The priestshall offerup in smokeits memorialportion,part of its gritsand its oilwith allits incenseas an offeringby fireto the LORD.
"Whenyou sacrificea sacrificeof thanksgivingto the LORD,you shall sacrificeit so that you may be accepted.
"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.
Its grain offeringshall then be two-tenths[of an ephah] of fineflourmixedwith oil,an offeringby fireto the LORD[for] a soothingaroma,with its drinkoffering,a fourthof a hinof wine.
The priestshall then wavethem with the breadof the firstfruitsfor a waveofferingwith twolambsbeforethe LORD;they are to be holyto the LORDfor the priest.
"For from the risingof the sunevento its setting,My name[will be] greatamong the nations,and in everyplaceincenseis going to be offeredto My name,and a grain offering[that is] pure;for My name[will be] greatamong the nations,"saysthe LORDof hosts.
"Commandthe sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be carefulto presentMy offering,My foodfor My offeringsby fire,of a soothingaromato Me, at their appointedtime.'
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
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.
Theseare the ones who have not been defiledwith women,for they have kept themselveschaste.These[are] the ones who followthe LambwhereverHe goes.Thesehave been purchasedfrom amongmenas first fruitsto Godand to the Lamb.
