Exodus 22:29

Generosity

²⁷ because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

²⁸ You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

³⁰ You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

³¹ You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
KJV: Thou 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.
WEB: “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
ASV: Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
DARBY: Thou shalt not delay the fulness of thy [threshing-floor] and the outflow of thy [winepress]. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
BLB: Your fullness and your juices you shall not delay. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

ÅB: Av alt det som fyller din lade, og som flyter av din vinperse, skal du ikke drøye med å gi meg. Den førstefødte av dine sønner skal du gi meg.
OTB: «Ikke hold tilbake offer fra dine kornkamre eller din vin. Du må gi meg den førstefødte av dine sønner.
B1930: Av alt det som fyller din lade, og som flyter av din vinperse, skal du ikke dryge med å gi mig. Den førstefødte av dine sønner skal du gi mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 23:16
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
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Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
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Deuteronomy 26:2–10
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
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James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
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Exodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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Romans 8:23
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
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Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
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Exodus 34:19
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
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