The offering of firstfruits appears to have been a custom of ancient times and was connected with the earliest acts of sacrifice. See Genesis 4:3-4…

MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.

The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to classify under any general heading …

You shall not delay. We may gather from this passage that the first-fruits were offered so that the Israelites should devote themselves an…

You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits ,
&c.] Which, according to Maimonides ^F11 , we…

The people of God should ever be ready to show mildne and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what we…