Deuteronomy 26:2

New International Reader's Version

When you do, get some of the first share of everything your soil produces. Put it in a basket. It’s from the land the Lord your God is giving you. Take your gifts and go to the special place he will choose. He will put his Name there.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:42

A man came from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God 20 loaves of barley bread. They had been baked from the first grain that had ripened. The man also brought some heads of new grain. “Give this food to the people to eat,” Elisha said.

2 Chronicles 31:5

The order went out. Right away the people of Israel began to give freely. They gave the first share of the harvest of their grain, fresh wine, olive oil and honey. They also gave the first share of everything else their fields produced. They brought a large amount. It was a tenth of everything.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem. I will put my Name there. And I have chosen David to rule over my people Israel.’

Nehemiah 12:44

At that time some men were put in charge of the storerooms. That’s where all the gifts the people brought were placed. Those gifts included the first shares of their crops. They also included a tenth of everything the Law required. Crops were harvested from the fields around the towns. The people had to bring the shares of those crops that were required by the Law. They gave them to the priests and Levites. That’s because the people of Judah were pleased with the priests and Levites who were serving God.

Nehemiah 13:31

I also made plans for gifts of wood to be brought at certain appointed times. And I made plans for the first share of the crops to be brought. You are my God. Please remember me with kindness.

Exodus 20:24

“ ‘Make an altar out of dirt for me. Sacrifice your burnt offerings and friendship offerings on it. Sacrifice your sheep, goats and cattle on it. I will come to you and bless you everywhere I cause my name to be honored.

Exodus 22:29

“Do not keep for yourself your grain offerings or wine offerings. “You must give me the oldest of your sons.

Exodus 23:16

“Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your crops from your fields. “Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall when you gather in your crops from your fields.

Exodus 23:19

“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:26

“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Jeremiah 2:3

Your people were holy to me. They were the first share of my harvest. All those who destroyed them were held guilty. And trouble came to their enemies,’ ” announces the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:40

People of Israel, you will all serve me,’ announces the Lord and King. ‘You will serve me on my high and holy mountain in Jerusalem. There I will accept you. I will require your offerings and your finest gifts. I want you to bring them along with all your other holy sacrifices.

Ezekiel 44:30

The best of every first share of the people’s crops will belong to the priests. So will all their special gifts. The people must give the priests the first share of their ground meal. Then I will bless my people’s families.

Ezekiel 48:14

They must not sell or trade any of it. It is the best part of the land. It must not be handed over to anyone else. It is set apart to me.

Leviticus 2:12

You can bring them to the Lord as an offering of the first share of food you gather or produce. But they must not be offered on the altar as a pleasant smell.

Leviticus 2:14

“ ‘Suppose you bring to the Lord a grain offering of the first share of your food. Then offer crushed heads of your first grain that have been cooked in fire.

Romans 11:16

The first handful of dough that is offered is holy. This makes all of the dough holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

Romans 16:5

Greet also the church that meets in the house of Priscilla and Aquila. Greet my dear friend Epenetus. He was the first person in Asia Minor to become a believer in Christ.

Romans 8:23

And that’s not all. We have the Holy Spirit as the promise of future blessing. But we also groan inside ourselves. We do this as we look forward to the time when God adopts us as full members of his family. Then he will give us everything he has for us. He will raise our bodies and give glory to them.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ really has been raised from the dead. He is the first of all those who will rise from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But here is the order of events. Christ is the first of those who rise from the dead. When he comes back, those who belong to him will be raised.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each of you should put some money away. The amount should be in keeping with how much money you make. Save the money so that you won’t have to take up an offering when I come.

Deuteronomy 16:10

Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to honor the Lord your God. Give to the Lord anything you choose to give as an offering. Give, just as the Lord has given to you.

Deuteronomy 18:4

You must give the priests the first share of the harvest of your grain, olive oil and fresh wine. You must also give them the first wool you clip from your sheep.

Deuteronomy 26:1

You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own. You will take it over. You will make your homes in the land.

Deuteronomy 26:3

Speak to the priest in office at that time. Tell him, “I announce today to the Lord your God that I have come to this land. It’s the land he promised to give us. He promised it to our people of long ago.”

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

Joshua 18:1

The whole community of Israel gathered together at Shiloh. They set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control.

Revelation 14:4

They had not committed sexual sins with women. They had kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among human beings as a first offering to God and the Lamb.