Leviticus 2:12
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.
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Genesis 23:17And having confirmed that the field, in which there was a double cave overlooking Mamre, formerly belonged to Ephron, both it and the sepulcher, and all its trees, with all its surrounding limits,
Exodus 23:10For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.
Leviticus 7:13and also, leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, which is immolated for peace offerings.
Numbers 15:20from the foods that you eat. Just as you separate the first-fruits of your threshing floors,
Deuteronomy 26:10And because of this, I now offer the first fruits of the land which the Lord has given to me.’ And you shall leave them in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall adore the Lord your God.
1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 2:12-16
11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord , shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 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. 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →