Deuteronomy 18:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You shall give him the firstfruits of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֵאשִׁ֨ית דְּגֽ͏ָנְךָ֜ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ וְרֵאשִׁ֛ית גֵּ֥ז צֹאנְךָ֖ תִּתֶּן־לּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Reshit degancha tiroshcha weyitzharecha and-reshit gez tzoncha titten-to-him.

Grammar Details

• *Reshit*: noun, feminine, singular construct - first/best of
• *degancha*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your grain
• *tiroshcha*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your new wine
• *weyitzharecha*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your oil
• *reshit*: noun, feminine, singular construct - first/best of
• *gez*: noun, masculine, singular construct - shearing/fleece of
• *tzoncha*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your flock
• *titten*: imperfect, 2nd masculine singular, qal - you shall give

Word Meanings

• *Reshit*: first/best/choicest/firstfruits
• *tirosh*: new wine/must
• *yitzhar*: fresh oil/olive oil
• *gez*: shearing/fleece/mowing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  The first-fruits{H7225} of thy grain,{H1715} of thy new wine,{H8492} and of thine oil,{H3323} and the first{H7225} of the fleece{H1488} of thy sheep,{H6629} shalt thou give{H5414} him.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The firstfruit{H7225} also of thy corn{H1715}, of thy wine{H8492}, and of thine oil{H3323}, and the first{H7225} of the fleece{H1488} of thy sheep{H6629}, shalt thou give{H5414}{(H8799)} him.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  the firstfrutes of thy corne, wyne and oyle, and the first of thy shepesheryng must thou geue him.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the first frutes of thy corne, of thy wyne and of thy oyle, and the first of thy shepe sheringe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The first fruites also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou giue him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The first fruites also of thy corne, wine, and oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou geue hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The firstfruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 22:29 : 29 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep; let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
• Exod 23:19 : 19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
• Lev 23:10 : 10 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you harvest its crops, you must bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.
• Lev 23:17 : 17 Bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour and baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.
• Num 18:12-24 : 12 'I give you the finest olive oil, new wine, and grain—the firstfruits they offer to the LORD.' 13 'The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.' 14 'Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD shall be yours.' 15 Every firstborn that opens the womb, of all flesh offered to the LORD, whether human or animal, shall belong to you. However, you must surely redeem the firstborn of humans and redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 16 When they are a month old, you shall redeem them at your valuation, which is five shekels of silver, measured by the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs make a shekel. 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 18 Their meat shall be yours, just like the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours. 19 All the holy contributions the Israelites present to the LORD, I give to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your descendants with you. 20 The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and inheritance among the Israelites. 21 To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting. 22 From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die. 23 The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites. 24 For I have given the Levites the tithes that the Israelites present as a contribution to the LORD as their inheritance. That is why I told them they shall have no inheritance among the Israelites.
• Deut 26:9-9 : 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I bring the firstfruits of the soil that You, LORD, have given me.' You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
• 2 Chr 31:4-9 : 4 He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord. 5 As soon as the word spread, the Israelites generously brought the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. 6 The people of Israel and Judah who were living in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks, and of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God. They piled them in heaps. 7 In the third month, they began to lay the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed His people Israel. 9 Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps. 10 Azariah, the chief priest from the family of Zadok, answered, 'Since the people began to bring their contributions to the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed His people; this great amount is what is left over.'
• Neh 12:44-47 : 44 On that day, men were appointed to oversee the storerooms for contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. They gathered the portions assigned for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who stood in service. 45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as commanded by David and Solomon his son. 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. 47 In the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel provided daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set apart what was holy for the Levites, and the Levites set apart what was holy for the descendants of Aaron.
• Job 21:20 : 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink from the wrath of the Almighty.