Deuteronomy 18:4

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
• Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Lev 23:10 : 10 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
• Lev 23:17 : 17 You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be made of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits to the LORD.
• Num 18:12-24 : 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you. 13 And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you. 20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
• Deut 26:9-9 : 9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God:
• 2 Chr 31:4-9 : 4 Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. 5 And as soon as the commandment was spread abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly. 6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah who dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps. 7 In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel. 9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and have left plenty, for the LORD has blessed his people; and what is left is this great store.
• Neh 12:44-47 : 44 At that time some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered. 45 Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God, and the charge of purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were leaders of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion; and they consecrated holy things to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the children of Aaron.
• Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.