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* '''[[Firstfruit#Bikkuwr|Bikkuwr]]''' ''firstfruit'' ([[01061]](BeitKafVavReish))<Ref name="bikkuwr">{{01061}}</Ref>.
* '''[[Firstfruit#Bikkuwr|Bikkuwr]]''' ''firstfruit'' ([[01061]](BeitKafVavReish))<Ref name="bikkuwr">{{01061}}</Ref>.


== Firstfruit ==
The first fruits are often a reference to what you produce with your labor<Ref>Exodus 23:16  And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.</Ref> and is offered three times a year<Ref>Exodus 23:17  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.</Ref> without [[leaven]] nor hold it back from the sharing of it in the "feast of ingathering".<Ref>Exodus 23:18  Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with [[leaven]]ed bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.</Ref>
"The first <[[07225]]> of the firstfruits <[[01061]]>" that is to be [[sacrifice]]d was to be brought into the ''house of the LORD'' without ''[[Milk and meat|seething a goat in its mothers milk]]''.<Ref>Exodus 23:19  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.</Ref> Moses is concerned with excessive charity that will eventually [[Sodom|weaken the poor]] because it makes the people ''dependent'' and eventually feeling ''entitled'' of not [[slothful]] and lazy.<Ref name="toxic">[[Legal_charity#Toxic_Charity|Toxic charity]]<Br>: Give once and you create appreciation;
: Give twice, you tempt with anticipation;
: Give three times, you infuse expectation;
: Give four times, you customize entitlement;</Ref>
Like the [[altars]] of [[Jehovahnissi]], all offerings brought to the ''house of the [[LORD]]'' had to be [[freewill offerings]].<Br>Any expectation or dependence whereby the people become accustomed to [[charity]] may produce a feeling of ''entitlement''<Ref name="toxic"></Ref> until a national [[social safety net]] of [[legal charity]] is becomes acceptable which will [[degenerate]] the [[masses]] returning them to the [[bondage of Egypt]].<Br>
When the people began to return to the paganism and the ways of the [[Golden calf]] [[Moses]] "[[called out]]" the [[faithful]]. The [[Levites]] answered that call. They would belonged to God,<Ref name="levitemine">{{levitemine}}</Ref> and were [[appoint]]ed to be the [[Church in the wilderness]].
Those called out [[Levites]] would be given the "[[kidney]]s" of the [[sacrifice]]s which were freely given as the [[burnt offering]]s of the people. This meant as [[burnt offering]]s these sacrifices were entirely turned over to the [[Levites|Levite]] minister of your choice.
As the [[Lively Stones of a Living Altar]] the Levites would compose a system of [[altars]] of the un[[hewn]] [[stones]] in a [[social safety net]] of  nation funded by [[fervent charity]] alone in  [[hope]] and [[faith]] according to [[the way]] of the [[righteousness]] of God which kept the people free from the [[covetous practices]] of [[legal charity]] that makes people [[merchandise]] and will [[curse children]].


== Reshiyth ==
== Reshiyth ==
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Deuteronomy 26:10  And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits <[[06529]]> <[[07225]]> of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and [[worship]] before the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy 26:10  And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits <[[06529]]> <[[07225]]> of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and [[worship]] before the LORD thy God:


== Firstborn ==
[[Exodus 4]]:21 "And the LORD said unto [[Moses]], When thou goest to return into [[Egypt]], see that thou do all those wonders before [[Pharaoh]], which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto [[Pharaoh]], Thus saith the LORD, [[Israel]] is my son, even my [[firstborn]]<Ref name="Bëkowr">{{01060}}</Ref>  :"
In these verses we see the phrase "[[Israel]] is my son, even my [[firstborn]]" This is where [[Israel]] is specified as the [[children of God]], and they become the [[firstborn]] of a nation of the [[world]].
It was the [[firstborn]]  in each [[family]] which are to be [[priest]] within the [[family]] which cared for the needs of the whole family in the management of family resources so that the ''whole family'' could remain strong and fruitful. This same precept is applied to all of the nation where there would be a national priesthood.<Ref>[[Exodus 19]]:6  And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
: [[Exodus 40]]:15  And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting [[03550|priesthood]] throughout their generations.
: [[1 Peter 2]]:5  Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual [[sacrifices]], acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.... [[1 Peter 2]]:9  But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a [[peculiar people]]; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:</Ref>
The [[Kingdom of God]] has always been from ''[[generation to generation]]''. In the Kingdom called Israel, God through [[Moses]] ''[[called out]]'' and set aside a certain group of people who were called ''[[Levites]]''.<Ref>[[Numbers 3]]:12-13 “And I, behold, I have taken the [[Levites]] from among the children of [[Israel]] instead of all the [[firstborn]] that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in [[Israel]], both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.” </Ref> They were the ''first born'' of the nation<Ref>[[Numbers 3]]:45 “Take the [[Levites]] instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the [[Levites]] instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.” </Ref> and they mostly came from the tribe of Levi, who become the major part of the group called the [[Levites]].
This took place when the people were ''[[called out]]'' of the [[Walled camp| walled-in camp]] of the [[Golden calf]] by [[Moses]], and most of those who came out were from one tribe. These people who came out first were separated<Ref>[[Numbers 8]]:14 “Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.”</Ref> from the main body of the nation in several ways, and for particular purposes.<Ref>[[Numbers 18]]:23 “But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of [[Israel]] they have no inheritance.” </Ref>
By Jewish tradition, a Levite was a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, which became a unique part of a ''political structure'' with some limited ''"corporate elements"''<Ref>A [[Corporation]] is "a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law."</Ref> not seen in the rest of the government of Israel but used in the formation of a national [[community]] and [[society]].


== Bekowr ==
== Bekowr ==

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Firstfruit

There is more than one word translated firstfruits.

Firstfruit

The first fruits are often a reference to what you produce with your labor[4] and is offered three times a year[5] without leaven nor hold it back from the sharing of it in the "feast of ingathering".[6]

"The first <07225> of the firstfruits <01061>" that is to be sacrificed was to be brought into the house of the LORD without seething a goat in its mothers milk.[7] Moses is concerned with excessive charity that will eventually weaken the poor because it makes the people dependent and eventually feeling entitled of not slothful and lazy.[8]

Like the altars of Jehovahnissi, all offerings brought to the house of the LORD had to be freewill offerings.
Any expectation or dependence whereby the people become accustomed to charity may produce a feeling of entitlement[8] until a national social safety net of legal charity is becomes acceptable which will degenerate the masses returning them to the bondage of Egypt.

When the people began to return to the paganism and the ways of the Golden calf Moses "called out" the faithful. The Levites answered that call. They would belonged to God,[9] and were appointed to be the Church in the wilderness.

Those called out Levites would be given the "kidneys" of the sacrifices which were freely given as the burnt offerings of the people. This meant as burnt offerings these sacrifices were entirely turned over to the Levite minister of your choice.

As the Lively Stones of a Living Altar the Levites would compose a system of altars of the unhewn stones in a social safety net of nation funded by fervent charity alone in hope and faith according to the way of the righteousness of God which kept the people free from the covetous practices of legal charity that makes people merchandise and will curse children.

Reshiyth

Reshiyth (07225)

There is reshiyth((ReishAlefShinYodTav)רֵאשִׁית))‎[1] commonly translated firstfruit:

Leviticus 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits[1], ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
Leviticus 23:10 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 <07225> of your harvest unto the priest:
Numbers 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits <07225> of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
Deuteronomy 18:4 The firstfruit <07225> [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first <07225> of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Deuteronomy 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits <06529>[10] <07225>[1] of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
2 Chronicles 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits <07225> of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly.
Nehemiah 10:37 And [that] we should bring the firstfruits <07225> of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Nehemiah 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits <07225>, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits <07225> of all thine increase:
Jeremiah 2:3 Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits <07225> of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits <07225> of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits <07225> of the land: for [it is] holy unto the LORD.


Beginning

The word reshiyth((ReishAlefShinYodTav)רֵאשִׁית))‎[1] can also be translated beginning, principal thing, or even chief.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning <07225>[1] God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 10:10 And the beginning <07225>[1] of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn<01060>, my might, and the beginning <07225>[1] of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Numbers 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first <07225>[1] of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.

Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning <07225> of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning <07225> of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing <07225>; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning <07225> of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 17:14 The beginning <07225> of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning <07225> thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning <07225>, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Jeremiah 2:3 Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits <07225> of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:1 In the beginning <07225> of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 27:1 In the beginning <07225> of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning <07225> of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning <07225> of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Jeremiah 49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief <07225> of their might.

Daniel 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief <07225> of the children of Ammon.

Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time <07225>: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.

Amos 6:1 Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief <07225> of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief <07225> ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Micah 1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning <07225> of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

periy reshiyth

There is also 06529 פְרִי‎ përiy and 07225 רֵאשִׁית‎ reshiyth

Deuteronomy 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits <06529> <07225> of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

Firstborn

Exodus 4:21 "And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn[2]  :"

In these verses we see the phrase "Israel is my son, even my firstborn" This is where Israel is specified as the children of God, and they become the firstborn of a nation of the world.

It was the firstborn in each family which are to be priest within the family which cared for the needs of the whole family in the management of family resources so that the whole family could remain strong and fruitful. This same precept is applied to all of the nation where there would be a national priesthood.[11]

The Kingdom of God has always been from generation to generation. In the Kingdom called Israel, God through Moses called out and set aside a certain group of people who were called Levites.[12] They were the first born of the nation[13] and they mostly came from the tribe of Levi, who become the major part of the group called the Levites.

This took place when the people were called out of the walled-in camp of the Golden calf by Moses, and most of those who came out were from one tribe. These people who came out first were separated[14] from the main body of the nation in several ways, and for particular purposes.[15]

By Jewish tradition, a Levite was a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, which became a unique part of a political structure with some limited "corporate elements"[16] not seen in the rest of the government of Israel but used in the formation of a national community and society.

Bekowr

Bëkowr (01060)

There is Bëkowr ((BeitKafVavReish)בְּכוֹר‎)[2] generally translated firstborn and also firstling and given the Strong's number 01060:

Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn <01060>, and Heth,

Genesis 22:21 Huz his firstborn <01060>, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 25:13 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn <01060> of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

Genesis 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn <01060>; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

Genesis 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn <01060> Esau.

Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn <01060>, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 36:15 These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn <01060> [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

Genesis 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn <01060>, whose name [was] Tamar.

Genesis 38:7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn <01060>, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Genesis 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn <01060> Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

Genesis 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn <01060> according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

Genesis 46:8 And these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn <01060>.

Genesis 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim’s head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn <01060>.

Genesis 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn <01060>; put thy right hand upon his head.

Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn <01060>, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn <01060>:

Exodus 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn <01060>.

Exodus 6:14 These [be] the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn <01060> of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.

Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn <01060> of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn <01060> of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill; and all the firstborn <01060> of beasts.

Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.

Exodus 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn <01060> of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn <01060> of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn <01060> of cattle.

Exodus 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn <01060>, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine.

Exodus 13:13 And every firstling<06363> of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn <01060> of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

Exodus 13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn <01060> of man, and the firstborn <01060> of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn <01060> of my children I redeem.

Exodus 22:29 Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn <01060> of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Exodus 34:20 But the firstling<06363> of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn <01060> of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Leviticus 27:26 Only the firstling <01060> of the beasts, which should be the LORD’S firstling<01069>, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD’S.

Numbers 1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son <01060>, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 3:2 And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn <01060>, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn <01060> that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Numbers 3:13 Because all the firstborn <01060> [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn <01060> in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

Numbers 3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn <01060> of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

Numbers 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn <01060> among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings <01060> among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn <01060> among the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:43 And all the firstborn <01060> males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn <01060> among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.

Numbers 3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn <01060> of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

Numbers 3:50 Of the firstborn <01060> of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Numbers 8:16 For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the firstborn <01060> of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Numbers 8:17 For all the firstborn <01060> of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn <01060> in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

Numbers 8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn <01060> of the children of Israel.

Numbers 18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn <01060> of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling <01060> of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Numbers 18:17 But the firstling <01060> of a cow, or the firstling <01060> of a sheep, or the firstling <01060> of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Numbers 26:5 Reuben, the eldest <01060> son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, [of whom cometh] the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

Numbers 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all [their] firstborn <01060>, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

Deuteronomy 15:19 All the firstling <01060> males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling <01060> of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling <01060> of thy sheep.

Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn <01060> son be hers that was hated:

Deuteronomy 21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit [that] which he hath, [that] he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, [which is indeed] the firstborn <01060>:

Deuteronomy 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn <01060>, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.

Deuteronomy 25:6 And it shall be, [that] the firstborn <01060> which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother [which is] dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory [is like] the firstling <01060> of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.

Joshua 6:26 And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn <01060>, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.

Joshua 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he [was] the firstborn <01060> of Joseph; [to wit], for Machir the firstborn <01060> of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Judges 8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn <01060>, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

1 Samuel 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn <01060> was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.

1 Samuel 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn <01060>, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

2 Samuel 3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn <01060> was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn <01060>, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

2 Kings 3:27 Then he took his eldest <01060> son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.

1 Chronicles 1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn <01060>, and Heth,

1 Chronicles 1:29 These [are] their generations: The firstborn <01060> of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

1 Chronicles 2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn <01060> of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

Chronicles 2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn <01060> Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

1 Chronicles 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn <01060> of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn <01060>, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, [and] Ahijah.

1 Chronicles 2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn <01060> of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

1 Chronicles 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn <01060>, which [was] the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn <01060> of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,

1 Chronicles 3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn <01060> Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

1 Chronicles 3:15 And the sons of Josiah [were], the firstborn <01060> Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

1 Chronicles 4:4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn <01060> of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn <01060> of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn <01060>; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn <01060> of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

1 Chronicles 6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn <01060> Vashni, and Abiah.

1 Chronicles 8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn <01060>, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

1 Chronicles 8:30 And his firstborn <01060> son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

1 Chronicles 8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother [were], Ulam his firstborn <01060>, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

1 Chronicles 9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn <01060>, and his sons.

1 Chronicles 9:31 And Mattithiah, [one] of the Levites, who [was] the firstborn <01060> of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.

1 Chronicles 9:36 And his firstborn <01060> son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

1 Chronicles 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah [were], Zechariah the firstborn <01060>, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn <01060>, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

1 Chronicles 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for [though] he was not the firstborn <01060>, yet his father made him the chief;)

2 Chronicles 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he [was] the firstborn <01060>.

Nehemiah 10:36 Also the firstborn <01060> of our sons, and of our cattle, as [it is] written in the law, and the firstlings<01062> of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

Job 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest <01060> brother’s house:

Job 1:18 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest <01060> brother’s house:

Job 18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn <01060> of death shall devour his strength.

Psalms 78:51 And smote all the firstborn <01060> in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalms 89:27 Also I will make him [my] firstborn <01060>, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn <01060> in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Psalms 135:8 Who smote the firstborn <01060> of Egypt, both of man and beast.

Psalms 136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn <01060>: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

Isaiah 14:30 And the firstborn <01060> of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn <01060>.

Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn <01060> [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn <01060>.


Bikkuwr

Bikkuwr (01061)

There is bikkuwr((BeitKafVavReish)בִּכּוּר‎ )[3] translated firstfruit:

Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits[3] of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Exodus 23:19 The first[1] of the firstfruits[3] of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits[3] of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

Exodus 34:26 The first[1] of the firstfruits[3] of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Leviticus 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits[1], ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Leviticus 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits[3] green ears of corn dried by the fire, [even] corn beaten out of full ears.

Leviticus 23:10 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[1] of your harvest unto the priest:

Leviticus 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits[3] [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Numbers 15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first <07225>[1] of your dough [for] an heave offering: as [ye do] the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first <07225>[1] of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

Numbers 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits[1] of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. Numbers 18:13 [And] whatsoever is first ripe <01061>[3] in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it.

Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits[3], when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks [be out], ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

Deuteronomy 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning <07225>[1] of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning <07225> of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.

Deuteronomy 18:4 The firstfruit[1] [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Deuteronomy 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first <07225> of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits[1] of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

2 Kings 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

Deuteronomy 33:21 And he provided the first part <07225> for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

1 Samuel 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest <07225> of all the offerings of Israel my people?

1 Samuel 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief <07225> of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

2 Chronicles 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly.

Nehemiah 10:35 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:

Nehemiah 10:37 And [that] we should bring the firstfruits[1] of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Nehemiah 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits[1], and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Nehemiah 13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits<01061>. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Job 8:7 Though thy beginning <07225> was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 40:19 He [is] the chief <07225> of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].

Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning <07225>: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Psalms 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief <07225> of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalms 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief <07225> of all their strength.

Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning <07225> of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning <07225> of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing <07225>; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning <07225> of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 17:14 The beginning <07225> of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning <07225> thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning <07225>, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Jeremiah 2:3 Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits[1] of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:1 In the beginning <07225> of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 27:1 In the beginning <07225> of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning <07225> of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning <07225> of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Jeremiah 49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief <07225> of their might.

Ezekiel 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits[1] of your oblations, with all your holy things.

Ezekiel 44:30 And the first[1] of all the firstfruits<01061>[3] of all [things], and every oblation of all, of every [sort] of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first<07225> of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezekiel 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits[1] of the land: for [it is] holy unto the LORD.

Daniel 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief <07225> of the children of Ammon.

Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time <07225>: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.

Amos 6:1 Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief <07225> of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief <07225> ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Micah 1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning <07225> of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.



New Testament

Aparche

Romans 8:23 And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits<536>[17] of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.

Romans 11:16 For if the firstfruit<536> [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.

Romans 16:5 Likewise [greet] the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits<536> of Achaia unto Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits<536> of them that slept.

1 Corinthians 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

1 Corinthians 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits<536> of Achaia, and [that] they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits<536> of his creatures.

Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits<536> unto God and to the Lamb.

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 07225 רֵאשִׁית‎ ReishAlefShinYodTav re’shiyth [ray-sheeth’] from the same as 07218 head, beginning; n f; [BDB-912a] [{See TWOT on 2097 @@ "2097e" }] AV-beginning 18, firstfruits 11, first 9, chief 8, misc 5; 51
    1) first, beginning, best, chief
    1a) beginning
    1b) first
    1c) chief
    1d) choice part
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 01060 בְּכוֹר‎ bëkowr [bek-ore’] from 01069 v בָּכַר‎ bakar firstborn; n m; [BDB-114a] [{See TWOT on 244 @@ "244a" }] AV-firstborn 101, firstling 10, eldest 4, firstborn + 01121 1, eldest son 1; 117
    1) firstborn, firstling
    1a) of men and women
    1b) of animals
    1c) noun of relation (fig.)
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 01061 בִּכּוּר‎ bikkuwr [bik-koor’] BeitKafVavReish same as 01061, from 01069 Bakar firstborn; n m p; [BDB-114b] [{See TWOT on 244 @@ "244e" }] AV-firstfruit 14, firstripe 2, firstripe figs 1, hasty fruit 1; 18
    1) first-fruits
    1a) the first of the crops and fruit that ripened, was gathered, and offered to God according to the ritual of Pentecost
    1b) the bread made of the new grain offered at Pentecost
    1c) the day of the first-fruits (Pentecost)
  4. ↑ Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
  5. ↑ Exodus 23:17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
  6. ↑ Exodus 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
  7. ↑ Exodus 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Toxic charity
    : Give once and you create appreciation;
    Give twice, you tempt with anticipation;
    Give three times, you infuse expectation;
    Give four times, you customize entitlement;
  9. ↑ Levites called to serve
    Exodus 32:26 "Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him."
    Numbers 3:12 "And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"
    Numbers 3: 40 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel... 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD."
    Numbers 8:14 "Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine."
    Numbers 18:24 "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."
    Deuteronomy 26:13 "Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite , and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:"
  10. ↑ 06529 פְרִי‎ përiy [per-ee’] from 06509 פָרָה‎ parah to bear fruit; n m; [BDB-826a] [{See TWOT on 1809 @@ "1809a" }] AV-fruit 113, fruitful 2, boughs 1, firstfruits + 07225 1, reward 1, fruit thereof 1; 119
    1) fruit
    1a) fruit, produce (of the ground)
    1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb)
    1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.)
  11. ↑ Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
    Exodus 40:15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
    1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.... 1 Peter 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  12. ↑ Numbers 3:12-13 “And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.”
  13. ↑ Numbers 3:45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.”
  14. ↑ Numbers 8:14 “Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.”
  15. ↑ Numbers 18:23 “But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.”
  16. ↑ A Corporation is "a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law."
  17. ↑ 536 ~ἀπαρχή~ aparche \@ap-ar-khay’\@ from a compound of 575 and 756; TDNT-1:484,81; {See TDNT 102} n f AV-firstfruits 8; 8
    1) to offer firstlings or firstfruits
    2) to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God. The first portion of the dough, from which sacred loaves were to be prepared. Hence term used of persons consecrated to God for all time.
    3) persons superior in excellence to others of the same class
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