"The firstripefruitsof allthat is in their land,whichthey bringto the LORD,shall be yours; everyoneof your householdwho is cleanmay eatit.
"You shall not delay[the offering from] your harvestand your vintage.The firstbornof your sonsyou shall giveto Me.
Woeis me! For I amLike the fruitpickers,like the grapegatherers.Thereis not a clusterof grapes to eat,[Or] a first-ripefig[which] I crave.
I foundIsraellike grapesin the wilderness;I sawyour forefathersas the earliestfruiton the figtreein its first[season]. [But] they cameto Baal-peorand devotedthemselves to shame,And they becameas detestableas that whichthey loved.
Onebaskethad verygoodfigs,like first-ripefigs,and the otherbaskethad verybadfigswhichcould not be eatendueto rottenness.
"You shall bringthe choicefirstfruitsof your soilinto the houseof the LORDyour God."You are not to boila younggoatin the milkof its mother.
"You shall bringthe very firstof the firstfruitsof your soilinto the houseof the LORDyour God."You shall not boila younggoatin its mother'smilk."
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.
"The firstof allthe firstfruitsof everykind and everycontributionof everykind, from allyour contributions,shall be for the priests;you shall also giveto the priestthe firstof your doughto cause a blessingto reston your house.
But when the sunsets,he will be clean,and afterwardhe shall eatof the holy[gifts], for it is his food.
You shall bringin from your dwellingplacestwo[loaves] of breadfor a waveoffering,made of two-tenths[of an] [ephah]; they shall be of a fineflour,bakedwith leavenas firstfruitsto the LORD.
"You shall givehim the firstfruitsof your grain,your newwine,and your oil,and the firstshearingof your sheep.
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."
As soon as the orderspread,the sonsof Israelprovidedin abundancethe firstfruitsof grain,newwine,oil,honeyand of allthe produceof the field;and they broughtin abundantlythe titheof all.
