Exodus 22:29
You shall not delay in paying your tithes and your first-fruits. You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
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In Context
28You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.
Cross References
Exodus 13:12then you shall set aside for the Lord all that opens the womb and all that is first to go forth among your cattle. Whatever you will have of the male sex, you shall consecrate to the Lord.
Exodus 23:19You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.
Leviticus 22:27An ox, a sheep, or a goat, when they have been born, shall be under the udder of their mother for seven days. But on the eighth day and thereafter, they are able to be offered to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 15:19Of the firstborn, those born from your herds and sheep, you shall sanctify to the Lord your God whatever is of the male sex. You shall not put the firstborn of the oxen to work, nor shall you shear the firstborn of the sheep.
2 Kings 4:42Now a certain man arrived from Baal-Shalishah, carrying, for the man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new grain in his satchel. But he said, “Give it to the people, so that they may eat.”
Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits,
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →