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As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
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Verse 5. Honey for the priests, not for sacrifice. Leviticus 2:11. It may include dates, or palm wine. See Pliny xiii. 4. Calmet.—Forth; only wheat, barley, the fruits of vine, olive, pomegranate, fig, and palm-trees. R. Solomon. Leviticus 27:30. Calmet.
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