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firstfruits n. 初结果;第一次收成 初结果;第一次收成 First- fruits The first- fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first- born of man and animals. The law required, ( 1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be waved by the priest before the altar ( Lev. 23: 5, 6, 10, 12; 2: 12). ( 2.) That at the feast of Pentecost two loaves of leavened bread, made from the new flour, were to be waved in like manner ( Lev. 23: 15, 17; Num. 28: 26). ( 3.) The feast of Tabernacles was an acknowledgement that the fruits of the harvest were from the Lord ( Ex. 23: 16; 34: 22). ( 4.) Every individual, besides, was required to consecrate to God a portion of the first- fruits of the land ( Ex. 22: 29; 23: 19; 34: 26; Num. 15: 20, 21). ( 5.) The law enjoined that no fruit was to be gathered from newly- planted fruit- trees for the first three years, and that the first- fruits of the fourth year were to be consecrated to the Lord ( Lev. 19: 23- 25). Jeremiah ( 2: 3) alludes to the ordinance of " first- fruits," and hence he must have been acquainted with the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, where the laws regarding it are recorded.
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