(NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
In the
beginning,
God created the
heavens and the
earth.
(NIV)
The first centres of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
The
beginning of his
kingdom was
Babel,
Erech,
Accad, and
Calneh, in the
land of
Shinar.
(NIV)
‘Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might, the first sign of my strength,
excelling in honour, excelling in power.
“
Reuben, you are my
firstborn,
my might, and the
firstfruits of my
strength,
preeminent in
dignity and
preeminent in
power.
(NIV)
‘Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
‘Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
You shall keep the
Feast of
Harvest, of the
firstfruits of your
labor, of
what you
sow in the
field. You shall keep the
Feast of
Ingathering at the
end of the
year, when you
gather in
from the
field the fruit of your
labor.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
“The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring into the
house of the
Lord your
God.
“You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.
(NIV)
‘Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
You shall
observe the
Feast of
Weeks, the
firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the
Feast of
Ingathering at the
year’s end.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.’
The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring to the
house of the
Lord your
God.
You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.”
(NIV)
You may bring them to the
Lord as an offering of the firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.
As an
offering of
firstfruits you may
bring them to the
Lord, but they shall
not be
offered on the
altar for a
pleasing aroma.
(NIV)
‘“If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the
Lord, offer crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire.
“If you
offer a
grain offering of
firstfruits to the
Lord, you shall
offer for the
grain offering of your
firstfruits fresh
ears,
roasted with
fire,
crushed new grain.
(NIV)
‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
“
Speak to the
people of
Israel and
say to them, When you come
into the
land that
I give you and
reap its
harvest, you shall
bring the
sheaf of the
firstfruits of your
harvest to the
priest,
(NIV)
From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of one fifth of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the
Lord.
You shall
bring from your
dwelling places two loaves of
bread to be
waved, made of
two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of
fine flour, and they shall be
baked with
leaven, as
firstfruits to the
Lord.
(NIV)
The priest is to wave the two lambs before the
Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the
Lord for the priest.
And the
priest shall
wave them
with the
bread of the
firstfruits as a
wave offering before the
Lord,
with the
two lambs.
They shall be
holy to the
Lord for the
priest.
(NIV)
How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.’ (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
and
whether the
land is
rich or poor, and whether there
are trees in it
or not.
Be of
good courage and
bring some of the
fruit of the
land.” Now the
time was the
season of the first
ripe grapes.
(NIV)
Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing-floor.
Of the
first of your
dough you shall
present a
loaf as a
contribution; like a
contribution from the
threshing floor,
so shall you
present it.
(NIV)
Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the
Lord from the first of your ground meal.
Some of the
first of your
dough you shall
give to the
Lord as a
contribution throughout
your generations.
(NIV)
‘I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give to the
Lord as the firstfruits of their harvest.
All the
best of the
oil and
all the
best of the
wine and of the
grain,
the
firstfruits of what they
give to the
Lord, I give to
you.
(NIV)
All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the
Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
The first ripe
fruits of all
that is in their
land,
which they
bring to the
Lord, shall
be yours.
Everyone who is
clean in your
house may
eat it.
(NIV)
Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message:
‘Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.’
Then he
looked on
Amalek and
took up his
discourse and
said,
“
Amalek was the
first among the
nations,
but its
end is
utter destruction.”
(NIV)
‘“On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the
Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do not do any of your ordinary work.
“On the
day of the
firstfruits, when you
offer a
grain offering of
new grain to the
Lord at your Feast of
Weeks, you shall have a
holy convocation. You shall
not do any ordinary work,
(NIV)
It is a land the
Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the
Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
a
land that the
Lord your
God cares for.
The
eyes of the
Lord your
God are
always upon it, from the
beginning of the
year to the
end of the
year.
(NIV)
You are to give them the firstfruits of your corn, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,
The
firstfruits of your
grain, of your
wine and of your
oil, and the
first fleece of your
sheep, you shall
give him.
(NIV)
He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.
but he shall
acknowledge the
firstborn, the
son of the
unloved, by
giving him a
double portion of
all that he
has,
for he is the
firstfruits of his
strength.
The
right of the
firstborn is his.
(NIV)
take some of the firstfruits of all that you 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 that the
Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name
you shall
take some of the
first of
all the
fruit of the
ground, which you
harvest from your
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you, and you shall
put it in a
basket, and you shall
go to the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose, to make his
name to
dwell there.
(NIV)
and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you,
Lord, have given me.’ Place the basket before the
Lord your God and bow down before him.
And
behold,
now I
bring the
first of the
fruit of the
ground,
which you, O
Lord, have
given me.’ And you shall set it
down before the
Lord your
God and
worship before the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
He chose the best land for himself;
the leader’s portion was kept for him.
When the heads of the people assembled,
he carried out the
Lord’s righteous will,
and his judgments concerning Israel.’
He
chose the
best of the land for himself,
for there a
commander’s portion was
reserved;
and he
came with the
heads of the
people,
with Israel he
executed the
justice of the
Lord,
and his
judgments for
Israel.”
(NIV)
Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honour your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?”
Why then do you
scorn my
sacrifices and my
offerings that I
commanded for my dwelling, and
honor your
sons above me by
fattening yourselves on the
choicest parts of
every offering of
my people Israel?’
(NIV)
The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the
Lord your God at Gilgal.’
But the
people took of the
spoil,
sheep and
oxen, the
best of the things
devoted to destruction, to
sacrifice to the
Lord your
God in
Gilgal.”
(NIV)
A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe corn, along with some ears of new corn. ‘Give it to the people to eat,’ Elisha said.
A
man came from Baal-shalishah,
bringing the
man of
God bread of the
firstfruits,
twenty loaves of
barley and fresh ears of
grain in his
sack. And Elisha
said,
“
Give to the
men, that they may
eat.”
(NIV)
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.
As soon as the
command was
spread abroad, the
people of
Israel gave in
abundance the
firstfruits of
grain,
wine,
oil,
honey, and of
all the
produce of the
field. And they
brought in abundantly the
tithe of
everything.
(NIV)
‘We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the
Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.
We obligate ourselves
to bring the
firstfruits of our
ground and the
firstfruits of
all fruit of
every tree,
year by
year, to the
house of the
Lord;
(NIV)
‘Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.
and to
bring the
first of our
dough, and our
contributions, the
fruit of
every tree, the
wine and the
oil, to the
priests,
to the
chambers of the
house of our
God; and to bring to the
Levites the
tithes from our
ground, for
it is the
Levites who collect the
tithes in
all our
towns where we
labor.
(NIV)
At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.
On that
day men were
appointed over the
storerooms, the
contributions, the
firstfruits, and the
tithes, to
gather into them the
portions required by the
Law for the
priests and for the
Levites according to the
fields of the
towns,
for Judah rejoiced over the
priests and the
Levites who
ministered.
(NIV)
I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits.
Remember me with favour, my God.
and I provided for the
wood offering at
appointed times, and for the
firstfruits.
Remember me, O my
God, for
good.
(NIV)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
And though your
beginning was
small,
your
latter days will be
very great.
(NIV)
It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
“
He is the
first of the
works of
God;
let him who
made him bring
near his sword!
(NIV)
The
Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
And the
Lord blessed the
latter days of
Job more
than his
beginning. And he had
14,000 sheep,
6,000 camels,
1,000 yoke of
oxen, and
1,000 female donkeys.
(NIV)
He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
He
struck down every firstborn in
Egypt,
the
firstfruits of their
strength in the
tents of
Ham.
(NIV)
Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood.
He
struck down all the
firstborn in their
land,
the
firstfruits of
all their strength.
(NIV)
The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
The
fear of the
Lord is the
beginning of
wisdom;
all those who
practice it have a
good understanding.
His
praise endures forever!
(NIV)
The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The
fear of the
Lord is the
beginning of
knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
(NIV)
Honour the
Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Honor the
Lord with your
wealthand with the
firstfruits of
all your produce;
(NIV)
The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
The
beginning of
wisdom is this:
Get wisdom,
and
whatever you
get,
get insight.
(NIV)
‘The
Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, ,
before his deeds of old;
“The
Lord possessed me at the
beginning of his
work,
the first of his
acts of old.
(NIV)
Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
The
beginning of
strife is like
letting out water,
so
quit before the
quarrel breaks out.
(NIV)
The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
Better is the
end of a
thing than its
beginning,
and the
patient in
spirit is
better than the
proud in
spirit.
(NIV)
That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,
will be like figs ripe before harvest –
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them.
and the
fading flower of its
glorious beauty,
which is
on the
head of the
rich valley,
will be like a
first-ripe fig before the
summer:
when someone
sees it, he
swallows it
as
soon as
it is in his
hand.
(NIV)
I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, “My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.”
declaring the
end from the
beginningand
from ancient times things not yet
done,
saying,
‘My
counsel shall
stand,
and I will
accomplish all my
purpose,’
(NIV)
Israel was holy to the
Lord,
the firstfruits of his harvest;
all who devoured her were held guilty,
and disaster overtook them,”’
declares the
Lord.
Israel was
holy to the
Lord,
the
firstfruits of his
harvest.
All who
ate of it incurred
guilt;
disaster came upon them,
declares the
Lord.”
(NIV)
One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.
One basket had
very good figs,
like first-ripe
figs, but the
other basket had
very bad figs, so
bad that they could
not be
eaten.
(NIV)
Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the
Lord:
In the
beginning of the
reign of
Jehoiakim the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
this word came from the
Lord:
(NIV)
Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the
Lord:
In the
beginning of the
reign of
Zedekiah the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
this word came to Jeremiah from the
Lord.
(NIV)
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the
Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people:
In that same
year, at the
beginning of the
reign of
Zedekiah king of
Judah, in the
fifth month of the
fourth year,
Hananiah the
son of
Azzur, the
prophet from Gibeon,
spoke to me in the
house of the
Lord, in the
presence of the
priests and
all the
people,
saying,
(NIV)
This is the word of the
Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
The
word of the
Lord that came
to Jeremiah the
prophet concerning Elam, in the
beginning of the
reign of
Zedekiah king of
Judah.
(NIV)
This is what the
Lord Almighty says:
‘See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
Thus says the
Lord of
hosts: “
Behold, I will
break the
bow of
Elam, the
mainstay of
their might.
(NIV)
For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign
Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
“
For on my
holy mountain, the
mountain height of
Israel,
declares the
Lord God,
there all the
house of
Israel,
all of them, shall
serve me in the
land.
There I will
accept them, and
there I will
require your
contributions and the
choicest of your
gifts, with
all your sacred
offerings.
(NIV)
The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.
And the
first of
all the
firstfruits of
all kinds, and
every offering of all kinds from
all your
offerings, shall belong to the
priests.
You shall also
give to the
priests the
first of your
dough,
that a
blessing may
rest on
your house.
(NIV)
They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the
Lord.
They shall
not sell or
exchange any of it. They shall
not alienate this
choice portion of the
land,
for it is
holy to the
Lord.
(NIV)
He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.
He shall
come into the
glorious land. And
tens of thousands shall
fall, but
these shall be
delivered out of his
hand:
Edom and
Moab and the
main part of the
Ammonites.
(NIV)
‘When I found Israel,
it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig-tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol
and became as vile as the thing they loved.
Like grapes in the
wilderness,
I
found Israel.
Like the
first fruit on the
fig tree
in its
first season,
I
saw your
fathers.
But
they came to
Baal-peorand
consecrated themselves to the thing of
shame,
and
became detestable like the thing
they loved.
(NIV)
Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,
and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!
“
Woe to those who are at
ease in
Zion,
and to those who
feel secure on the
mountain of
Samaria,
the
notable men of the
first of the
nations,
to whom the
house of
Israel comes!
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