People all around the country heard about this command. So the people of Israel gave the first part of their harvest of grain, grapes, oil, honey, and all the things they grew in their fields. They brought one tenth of all these many things.
Leviticus 2:12 - Easy To Read Version You may bring yeast and honey to the Lord as an offering from the first harvest. But yeast and honey must not be burned to go up as a sweet smell on the altar. [14] 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. |
People all around the country heard about this command. So the people of Israel gave the first part of their harvest of grain, grapes, oil, honey, and all the things they grew in their fields. They brought one tenth of all these many things.
“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year.
“When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house [150] of the Lord your God.
“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks. [348] Use the first grain from the wheat harvest for this festival. And in the fall [349] celebrate the Festival of Harvest. [350]
“Tell the people of Israel: You will enter the land that I will give you. You will reap its harvest. At that time, you must bring in the first sheaf [399] of your harvest to the priest.
On that day, bring two loaves of bread from your homes. That bread will be for a wave offering. Use yeast and 16 cups [406] of flour to make those loaves of bread. That will be your gift to the Lord from your first harvest.
The fellowship offerings is the offering that a person brings to show thanks to God. With that offering the person must bring another offering with loaves of bread made with yeast.
You will gather grain and grind it into flour to make dough for bread. You must give the first of that dough as a gift to the Lord. It will be like the grain offering that comes from the threshing floor. [194]
“And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. These are the things that the people of Israel give to me, the Lord. These are the first things that they gather in their harvest.
But Christ has truly been raised from death—the first one of all those \{believers\} who will be raised from death.
Now, Lord, I bring you the first harvest from the land that you gave me.’
These 144,000 people are the ones who did not do wrong things with women. They kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These 144,000 were redeemed (saved) from among the people of the earth. They are the first people to be offered to God and the Lamb.