Dict: easton - First-fruits

easton:

First-fruits @ The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required,

(1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be waved by the priest before the altar kjv@Leviticus:23:5-6, 10, 12; 2:12).

(2.) That at the feast of Pentecost two loaves of leavened bread, made from the new flour, were to be waved in like manner kjv@Leviticus:23:15-17; kjv@Numbers:28:26).

(3.) The feast of Tabernacles was an acknowledgement that the fruits of the harvest were from the Lord kjv@Exodus:23:16 kjv@Exodus:34:22).

(4.) Every individual, besides, was required to consecrate to God a portion of the first-fruits of the land kjv@Exodus:22:29 kjv@Exodus:23:19 kjv@Exodus:34:26 ; kjv@Numbers:15:20-21).

(5.) The law enjoined that no fruit was to be gathered from newly-planted fruit-trees for the first three years, and that the first-fruits of the fourth year were to be consecrated to the Lord kjv@Leviticus:19:23-25). Jeremiah (2:3) alludes to the ordinance of "first-fruits," and hence he must have been acquainted with the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, where the laws regarding it are recorded.