Deuteronomy 18:4 “You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil,…”

Deuteronomy 18:4

You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

World English Bible

You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.

American Standard Version

The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Geneva Bible 1599

The first fruites also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou giue him.

Darby Translation

The firstfruits [also] of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstfruits of the shearing of thy sheep, shalt thou give him;

Young's Literal Translation

the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;

Bible in Basic English

And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.

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Cross references

“first-fruit”

Exodus 22:29 Exodus 23:19 Leviticus 23:10 Leviticus 23:17 Numbers 18:12–24 2 Chronicles 31:4–10

Exodus 22:29 · BSB

You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 23:19 · BSB

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Leviticus 23:10 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Leviticus 23:17 · BSB

Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

Numbers 18:12–24 · BSB

I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

2 Chronicles 31:4–10 · BSB

Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

“the fleece”

Job 21:20

Job 21:20 · BSB

Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

5For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

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