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Leviticus 2:14
If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh directs the Israelites on the specific preparation of the firstfruits grain offering, positioned between the mandate to salt every grain offering and the instruction to add oil and frankincense.
The words — בִּכּוּרִ֖ים (bi.ku.Rim) identifies the initial harvest yield, and אָבִ֞יב ('a.Viv) restricts the material to young barley ears.
The thread — The firstfruits offering pattern appears in Leviticus 23:10 at the harvest entry, Numbers 28:2 at the appointed food offerings, and Proverbs 3:9 when honoring God with crop firstfruits.
Why it lands — The text commands the worshiper to present roasted young barley heads as the first harvest directly to Yahweh, demanding exact agricultural timing and processing before any other ritual elements are applied.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 23:10 “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.
- Numbers 28:2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
- Proverbs 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
- Isaiah 53:2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- Revelation 14:4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
- Genesis 4:3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Leviticus 22:29 When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
- Leviticus 23:14 You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.