KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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 of your harvest unto the priest:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
“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 the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the sheaf, the beginning of your harvest unto the priest,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 23
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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 of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
13 And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] of an hin.
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דַּבֵּ֞רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֤יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְאָמַרְתָּ֣H559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶ֔םH413 · elto(wards)כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforתָבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֗רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIנֹתֵ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyouוּקְצַרְתֶּ֖םH7114 · qa.tserbe shortאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קְצִירָ֑הּH7105 · qa.tsirharvestוַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֹ֛מֶרH6016 · o.mersheafרֵאשִׁ֥יתH7225 · re.shitfirst: beginningקְצִירְכֶ֖םH7105 · qa.tsirharvestאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַכֹּהֵֽן׃H3548 · ko.henpriest
Cross-references
Exodus 34:26The first of the firstfruits 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.Exodus 23:19The 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.James 1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.Numbers 15:18-21Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,Deuteronomy 16:9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.1 Corinthians 15:20-23But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.Revelation 14:4These 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 unto God and to the Lamb.Numbers 28:26Also in the day of the firstfruits, 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:Leviticus 2:12-16As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.Exodus 34:22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Ezekiel 44:30And the first of all the firstfruits 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 of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.Exodus 23:16And 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.Leviticus 23:17Ye 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.Numbers 15:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,Exodus 22:29Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.Romans 11:16For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.Leviticus 14:34When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
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