Deuteronomy 26:2

New Century Version

you must take some of the first harvest of crops that grow from the land the Lord your God is giving you. Put the food in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God will choose to be worshiped.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:42

A man from Baal Shalishah came to Elisha, bringing him twenty loaves of barley bread from the first harvest. He also brought fresh grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”

2 Chronicles 31:5

As soon as the king’s command went out to the Israelites, they gave freely of the first portion of their grain, new wine, oil, honey, and everything they grew in their fields. They brought a large amount, one-tenth of everything.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Nehemiah 12:44

At that time the leaders appointed men to be in charge of the storerooms. These rooms were for the gifts, the first fruits, and the ten percent that the people brought. The Teachings said they should bring a share for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns. The people of Judah were happy to do this for the priests and Levites who served.

Nehemiah 13:31

I also made sure wood was brought for the altar at regular times and that the first fruits were brought. Remember me, my God; be kind to me.

Exodus 20:24

“Make an altar of dirt for me, and sacrifice on it your whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and your cattle. Worship me in every place that I choose, and I will come and bless you.

Exodus 22:29

“Do not hold back your offering from the first of your harvest and the first wine that you make. Also, you must give me your firstborn sons.

Exodus 23:16

“You must celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Offer to God the first things you harvest from the crops you planted in your fields. “You must celebrate the Feast of Shelters in the fall, when you gather all the crops from your fields.

Exodus 23:19

“You must bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the Holy Tent of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26

“Bring the best first crops that you harvest from your ground to the Tent of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Jeremiah 2:3

The people of Israel were holy to the Lord, like the first fruits from his harvest. Those who tried to hurt Israel were judged guilty. Disasters struck them,’ ” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:40

On my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, all Israel will serve me in the land, says the Lord God. There I will accept you. There I will expect your offerings, the first harvest of your offerings, and all your holy gifts.

Ezekiel 44:30

The best fruits of all the first harvests and all the special gifts offered to me will belong to the priests. You will also give to the priests the first part of your grain that you grind and so bring a blessing on your family.

Ezekiel 48:14

The Levites are not to sell or trade any of this land. They are not to let anyone else own any of this best part of the land, because it belongs to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:12

You may bring yeast and honey to the Lord as an offering from the first harvest, but they must not be burned on the altar as a pleasing smell.

Leviticus 2:14

“ ‘If you bring a grain offering from the first harvest to the Lord, bring crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire.

Romans 11:16

If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.

Romans 16:5

Also, greet for me the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first person in Asia to follow Christ.

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ has truly been raised from the dead—the first one and proof that those who sleep in death will also be raised.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. When Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life,

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each one of you should put aside money as you have been blessed. Save it up so you will not have to collect money after I come.

Deuteronomy 16:10

and then celebrate the Feast of Weeks for the Lord your God. Bring an offering as a special gift to him, giving to him just as he has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 18:4

Give them the first of your grain, new wine, and oil, as well as the first wool you cut from your sheep.

Deuteronomy 26:1

When you go into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, to take it over and live in it,

Deuteronomy 26:3

Say to the priest on duty at that time, “Today I declare before the Lord your God that I have come into the land the Lord promised our ancestors that he would give us.”

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

Joshua 18:1

All of the Israelites gathered together at Shiloh where they set up the Meeting Tent. The land was now under their control.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women, because they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These one hundred forty-four thousand were bought from among the people of the earth as people to be offered to God and the Lamb.