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.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Note sheaf: or, handful: Heb. omer
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- When
- Leviticus 14:34
- and shall
- Leviticus 2:12–16; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:16, 19; Exodus 34:22, 26; Numbers 15:2, 18–21; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 16:9; Joshua 3:15
- sheaf
- or, handful. Heb. omer. the first fruits. This offering was a public acknowledgement of the bounty and goodness of God for the kindly fruits of the earth. From the practice of the people of God, the heathen borrowed a similar one, founded on the same reason.
- Proverbs 3:9, 10; Ezekiel 44:30; Romans 11:16; 1 Corinthians 15:20–23; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4