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:

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:15 Historical context

Leviticus 23:15 immediately follows, instructing to count seven weeks from the wave offering of the sheaf, connecting to Pentecost.

Leviticus 23:17 describes the wave loaves at Pentecost as another firstfruits offering, made with leaven.

Leviticus 2:12-16 gives specific regulations for offering firstfruits grain—directly expands on the sheaf offering here.

Leviticus 2:14 gives detailed instructions for the grain offering of firstfruits, specifying how to prepare the new grain.

Numbers 15:18-21 extends the firstfruits command to dough, showing the same pattern of dedicating first produce upon entering the land.

Revelation 14:4 uses the same 'firstfruits' imagery for believers redeemed as an offering to God, applying the harvest metaphor spiritually.

1 Corinthians 15:20 calls Christ the firstfruits of resurrection, directly using the OT imagery of the first sheaf as a type of Christ.

Ezekiel 44:30 mandates giving firstfruits to priests for blessing, reiterating the offering practice from Leviticus.

Deuteronomy 16:9 says to count seven weeks from when the sickle first cuts grain, which Leviticus 23:10 defines as the firstfruits sheaf offering.

Exodus 22:29 Related theme

Exodus 22:29 commands not to delay offering the first of your ripe produce—reinforcing the firstfruits command here.

Exodus 34:26 repeats the command to bring the first of the firstfruits to God's house—identical requirement to this verse.

Exodus 34:22 Related theme

Exodus 34:22 mentions the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest—the same firstfruits concept as here.

Exodus 23:19 explicitly commands bringing the first of the firstfruits to God's house—a parallel instruction to this sheaf offering.

Exodus 23:16 establishes the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors—the same festival commanded here in Leviticus.

Deuteronomy 18:4 specifies that the firstfruits of grain, wine, and oil are to be given to the Levites, naming the recipients.

Numbers 28:26 refers to the Festival of Weeks offering of new grain, which follows the barley firstfruits in Leviticus.

Romans 11:16 uses the firstfruits principle to argue that if the first portion is holy, the whole batch is holy — an analogy from the offering.

Proverbs 3:9 Related theme

Proverbs 3:9 counsels honoring God with the firstfruits of all crops, applying the principle behind the sheaf offering to all wealth.

James 1:18 Allusion

James 1:18 describes believers as a kind of firstfruits of creation, echoing the dedication of the first harvest to God.