Exodus 22:29
You must not hold on to the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
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In Context
28You must not despise God or curse your people's leader.
Cross References
Exodus 13:12you are to present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong to the Lord.
Exodus 23:19Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
Leviticus 22:27“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. After eight days it can be accepted as a food offering to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 15:19You are to separate out to give the Lord your God all the firstborn males of your herds and flocks. You must not have the firstborn of your cattle work, and don't shear the firstborn of your sheep.
2 Kings 4:42A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of firstfruits—the first grain of the year, along with twenty loaves of barley bread. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all the crops you grow.
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 →