Rom.11.16

Romans 11:16

KJV

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

The Ingrafting of the Gentiles

Cross References

Numbers 15:18

KJV GOD

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

Laws about Offerings

Nehemiah 10:37

KJV

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

The Vows of the Covenant

Ezekiel 44:30

KJV GOD

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.

The Duties of the Priests

Romans 8:23

KJV Holy Spirit

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.