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Deuteronomy 18:4

the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - First Fruits;   Levites;   Liberality;   Priest;   Sheep;   Wool;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   First-Fruits;   Ownership, Divine;   Sheep;   Stewardship-Ownership;   Wool;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Fruits, the;   Offerings;   Oil;   Priests;   Sheep;   Wine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Wine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Grapes;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Firstfruits;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fleece;   Wool;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Wool;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Firstfruits;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - First-Fruits;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - First-fruits;   Wine;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Deuteronomy;   Ezekiel;   Oil;   Talmud;   Wine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   First-Fruits;   Heave-Offering;   ḥullin;   Korah;   Lichtenstein, Hillel;   Mishnah;   Priest;   Sheep;   Terumot;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock.
Hebrew Names Version
The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
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.
Lexham English Bible
The firstfruits of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil and the firstfruits of the fleece of your sheep you shall give to him.
English Standard Version
The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
New Century Version
Give them the first of your grain, new wine, and oil, as well as the first wool you cut from your sheep.
New English Translation
You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
Amplified Bible
"You shall also give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine [the first of the season], and your [olive] oil, and the first sheared fleece of your sheep.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the first shearing of your sheep.
Contemporary English Version
In addition, they will receive the first part of your grain harvest and part of your first batches of wine and olive oil. You must also give them the first wool that is cut from your sheep each year.
Complete Jewish Bible
You will also give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.
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;
Easy-to-Read Version
You must give the priests the first part of your harvest. You must give them the first part of your grain, your new wine, and your oil. You must give the Levites the first wool cut from your sheep.
George Lamsa Translation
The first fruits also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
Good News Translation
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Literal Translation
the first of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your flock, you shall give to him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the first frutes of thy corne, of thy wyne and of thy oyle, and the first of thy shepe sheringe.
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The first fruites also of thy corne, wine, and oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou geue hym.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The first-fruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
King James Version (1611)
The first fruit also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thy oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe, shalt thou giue him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the first-fruits of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil; and thou shalt give to him the first-fruits of the fleeces of thy sheep:
English Revised Version
The firstfruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of wyn, and of oile, and a part of wollis of the scheryng of scheep.
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;
Update Bible Version
The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give to him.
Webster's Bible Translation
The first-fruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
World English Bible
The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
New King James Version
The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
New Living Translation
You must also give to the priests the first share of the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and the wool at shearing time.
New Life Bible
Give him the first of your grain, your wine, and your oil, and the first wool of your sheep.
New Revised Standard
The first fruits of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The firstfruits also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and a part of the wool from the shearing of their sheep.
Revised Standard Version
The first fruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.

Contextual Overview

1 Neither the priests the Levites nor any of the tribe of Levi, shall have either portion or inheritance with Israel, - the altar-flames of Yahweh and his inheritance, shall they eat. 2 But inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren, - Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him. 3 This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb, - there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw: 4 the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him. 5 For of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes, - to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh of him and his sons all the days. 6 And when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning, - yea shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose, 7 then may he minister in the name of Yahweh his God, - like any of his brethren the Levites who are standing there before Yahweh. 8 Portion for portion, shall they eat, - apart from his possessions upon his patrimony.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

firstfruit: Deuteronomy 26:9, Deuteronomy 26:10, Exodus 22:29, Exodus 23:19, Leviticus 23:10, Leviticus 23:17, Numbers 18:12-24, 2 Chronicles 31:4-10, Nehemiah 12:44-47

the fleece: Job 21:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:24 - all the Leviticus 22:7 - General Leviticus 23:20 - holy to Numbers 5:9 - offering Numbers 18:20 - General Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt Nehemiah 10:37 - the firstfruits Ezekiel 44:30 - all the firstfruits Romans 11:16 - if the firstfruit

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken.
Genesis 18:15
And Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not, For she was afraid. And he said - Nay! but thou didst laugh!
Genesis 19:2
And he said Behold, I pray you my lords turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant, - and tarry the night and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broad way, will we tarry the night.
Genesis 24:32
So the man came in towards the house, and ungirded the camels, - and there was given him straw and fodder for the camels, and water for bathing his own feet and the feet of the men who were with him;
Genesis 43:24
So the man brought the men into Joseph's house, - and gave them water and they bathed their feet, and he gave them provender for their asses.
1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, - and said - Lo! thy handmaid, as serving-woman to bathe the feet of the servants of my lord.
Luke 7:44
And, turning towards the woman, unto Simon, he said - Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house: water to me, on my feet, thou didst not give, - but, she, with her tears, hath wetted my feet, and, with her hair, wiped off the tears .
1 Timothy 5:10
In noble works, being well-attested; - if she hath nourished children, if she hath shewn hospitality, if, saints feet, she hath washed, if, them who were in tribulation, she hath succoured, if, in every good, work she hath followed on:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The firstfruit also of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thy oil,.... This is the "terumah", or heave offering, the offering of the firstfruits; what the measure or quantity was is not declared, but is fixed by the Jews; :-,

and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shall thou give him: concerning which in the Misnah r it is said, the first of the fleece is used in the land and without the land, of which they give the weight of five shekels in Judea, which are ten shekels in Galilee; and they give white wool, and not defiled, enough to make of it a little garment. He that buys a fleece of the sheep of a Gentile, he is free from the first of the fleece; but if he buys it of his neighbour, if he leaves any of it, the seller is bound, if none the buyer is bound; if there are two sorts, russet and white, and he sells the russet but not the white, the males but not the females, everyone gives for himself. It may be observed in this account, that as much wool was to be given as would make a small garment; enough, says one of the commentators s, to make a little garment to minister in; and the least garment fit for a priest to minister in is a girdle. Jarchi's paraphrase of it is,

"when thou shearest thy flock every year, give the first of it to the priest; it does not determine the quantity, but our Rabbins fix it to the sixtieth part;''

with which agrees the observation of another writer t, that there is no quantity fixed for the first of the fleece from the law, but from the words of the Scribes it must not be less than the sixtieth part. There is no obligation to the first of the fleece until five sheep are shorn, and the fleece of everyone of the five must not be less than twelve shekels' weight; but if there is one fleece of them less than twelve shekels, though the five fleeces are more than sixty shekels, lo, this is free; so that, as Maimonides u says, the first of the fleece is not less than the weight of a shekel.

r Cholin, c. 11. sect. 1, 2. s Bartenora in ib. t Ibid. u In Misn. ib.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 18:4. The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, &c. — All these firstfruits and firstlings were the Lord's portion, and these he gave to the priests.


 
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