Bible Cross References
And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
Exodus 23:19
"Each year bring to the house of the LORD your God the first grain that you harvest. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk.
Exodus 34:26
"Each year bring to the house of the LORD the first grain that you harvest. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk."
Leviticus 19:23-26
23
"When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it.
24
In the fourth year all the fruit shall be dedicated as an offering to show your gratitude to me, the LORD.
25
But in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you do all this, your trees will bear more fruit. I am the LORD your God.
26
"Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic.
Numbers 18:2
Bring in your relatives, the tribe of Levi, to work with you and help you while you and your sons are serving at the Tent.
Numbers 18:12
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
Deuteronomy 26:2
each of you must place in a basket the first part of each crop that you harvest and you must take it with you to the one place of worship.
2 Chronicles 31:3-10
3
From his own flocks and herds he provided animals for the burnt offerings each morning and evening, and for those offered on the Sabbath, at the New Moon Festival, and at the other festivals which are required by the Law of the LORD.
4
In addition, the king told the people of Jerusalem to bring the offerings to which the priests and the Levites were entitled, so that they could give all their time to the requirements of the Law of the LORD.
5
As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.
6
All the people who lived in the cities of Judah brought tithes of their cattle and sheep, and they also brought large quantities of gifts which they dedicated to the LORD their God.
7
The gifts started arriving in the third month and continued to pile up for the next four months.
8
When King Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given, they praised the LORD and praised his people Israel.
9
The king spoke to the priests and the Levites about these gifts,
10
and Azariah the High Priest, a descendant of Zadok, said to him, "Since the people started bringing their gifts to the Temple, there has been enough to eat and a large surplus besides. We have all this because the LORD has blessed his people."
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.
Proverbs 3:10
If you do, your barns will be filled with grain, and you will have too much wine to store it all.
Malachi 3:8-12
8
I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. 'How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
9
A curse is on all of you because the whole nation is cheating me.
10
Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.
11
I will not let insects destroy your crops, and your grapevines will be loaded with grapes.
12
Then the people of all nations will call you happy, because your land will be a good place to live.