Leviticus 2:12
You may give them to the Lord when you present your offerings of firstfruits, but they must not be offered on the altar to be accepted by the Lord.
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Genesis 23:17So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both the field and the cave there, as well as all the trees in the field, and all the area up to the existing boundaries.
Exodus 23:10Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops,
Leviticus 7:13In addition to your peace offering of thanksgiving of breads made without yeast, you shall present an offering of breads made with yeast.
Numbers 15:20You are to give some of the flour you make into loaves as a gift—present it just like an offering from the threshing floor.
Deuteronomy 26:10Look, Lord! I have brought you the firstfruits of the land that you have given me.” You shall place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down in worship before him.
1 Corinthians 15:20But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
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 →