OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 2:12

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As an offering of first fruits you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not rise up as a pleasant aroma on the altar.

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Verse 12. First-fruits, and so forth to be voluntarily given to the priest, in honour of God. The honey arising from the dates might also be offered.—It was little inferior to that of bees. Josep. Bel. verse 3. See Numbers 15:19.

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