So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre #– #the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field #– #became
Leviticus 2:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You may present them to the Lord as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As an offering of firstfruits you may offer leaven and honey to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet odor [to the Lord, for their aid to fermentation is symbolic of corruption in the human heart]. American Standard Version (1901) As an oblation of first-fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar. Common English Bible You can present those as first-choice offerings to the LORD, but they must not be entirely burned up on the altar as a soothing smell. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall offer only the first-fruits of these along with the gifts. Yet truly, these shall not be placed upon the altar as an odor of sweetness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall offer only the first-fruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness. |
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre #– #the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field #– #became
When the word spread, the Israelites gave liberally of the best of the grain, new wine, fresh oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance, a tenth of everything.
‘You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your vats. Give me the firstborn of your sons.
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God. ‘You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
‘Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.
‘Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.
Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four litres of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord.
He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread with his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship.
You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing-floor.
I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.
But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that you, Lord, have given me. You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to him.
These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.