Leviticus 2:12
You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 23:17And the field that before was Ephron's, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about,
Exodus 23:10Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.
Leviticus 7:13Moreover leaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks, which is offered for peace offerings:
Numbers 15:20Of the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors:
Deuteronomy 26:10And therefore now I offer the firstfruits of the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the ford thy God, adoring the Lord thy God.
1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that 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 →