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Ezekiel 44:30

28 In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

29 They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

31 The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

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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.

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BSB
The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
ASV
And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.
DARBY
And the first of all the first-fruits of every [kind], and every heave-offering of every [kind], of all your heave-offerings, shall be for the priests; ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest on thy house.
BLB
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every contribution of all things from all your⁺ contributions, it will be for the priests. And the first of your⁺ dough you⁺ shall give to the priest, to cause to rest a blessing on your house.
ÅB
Og de første frukter av all førstegrøde av alle slag og hver offergave av alle slag, av alle deres offergaver, skal tilhøre prestene, og det første av deres deig skal dere gi presten, så velsignelse må komme over ditt hus.
OTB
Det beste av alle førstegrødene og av alle deres spesielle gaver skal tilhøre prestene. Du skal gi dem den første delen av ditt mel, så en velsignelse kan hvile på ditt hus.
B1930
Og de første frukter av all førstegrøde av alle slag og hver offergave av alle slag, av alle eders offergaver, skal tilhøre prestene, og det første av eders deig skal I gi presten, så velsignelse må komme over ditt hus.

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  • Nehemiah 10:35–37

    We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

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  • Numbers 18:12–18

    I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:4

    You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

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  • Numbers 15:19–21

    and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 31:10

    and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”

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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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  • Proverbs 3:9–10

    Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

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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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