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Lev. 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten outs of full ears.

2 Kings 4:42• ⁴²And there came a man from Baal-Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people that they may eat. (2 Kings 4:42)

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Cross References

a meat offering.These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe.

Lev. 22:29• ²⁹And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice for your acceptance. (Lev. 22:29)

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Lev. 23:10,14‑17,20• ¹⁰Speak 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.
¹⁴And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
¹⁵And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven Sabbaths shall be complete,
¹⁶even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah.
¹⁷Out of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah.
²⁰And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave-offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest. (Lev. 23:10,14‑17,20)

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Gen. 4:3• ³And it came to pass in process of time that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah. (Gen. 4:3)

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Num. 28:2• ²Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, my bread for my offerings by fire of sweet odour to me, shall ye take heed to present to me at their set time. (Num. 28:2)

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Deut. 26:2• ²that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to place his name there. (Deut. 26:2)

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Prov. 3:9‑10• ⁹Honour Jehovah with thy substance,{HR}And with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,{HR}And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. (Prov. 3:9‑10)

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Isa. 53:2‑10• ²For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
³He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
⁴Surely he [it is] hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
⁵But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
⁶All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.
⁸He was taken from detention and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
⁹And they made his grave with the wicked, but [he was] with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither [was there] guile in his mouth.
¹⁰Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. (Isa. 53:2‑10)

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Mal. 1:11• ¹¹From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)

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1 Cor. 15:20• ²⁰But now is Christ raised from [the] dead, firstfruit of those fallen asleep. (1 Cor. 15:20)

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Rev. 14:4• ⁴These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were bought from among men, firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: (Rev. 14:4)

corn beaten.

J. N. Darby Translation

And if thou present an oblation of thy first-fruits to Jehovah, thou shalt present as the oblation of thy first-fruits green ears of corn roasted in fire, corn beaten out of full earse.

JND Translation Notes

Or "peeled grain of fresh ears"; or "the fruits of the tilled field."

W. Kelly Translation

And if thou offer an oblation of firstfruits to Jehovah, thou shalt offer for thine oblation of thy firstfruits green ears of corn parched with fire, corn beaten out of full ear.