{"query": "Easton: First-fruits", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_3eac20d6d4c5", "title": "Easton: First-fruits", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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"}, {"id": "card_n_716e70d8f1c7", "title": "Easton: Wave offerings", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Parts of peace-offerings were so called, because they were waved by the priests (Ex. 29:24, 26, 27; Lev. 7:20-34; 8:27; 9:21; 10:14, 15, etc.), in token of a solemn special presentation to God. They t"}, {"id": "card_n_3b46d79dcf77", "title": "Easton: Adam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history"}, {"id": "card_n_018641dc4cd7", "title": "Easton: First-born, Redemption of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when the extensive plan of sacrificial worship was introduced, requiring a company of men to be exclusive"}, {"id": "card_n_a7c004504bb5", "title": "Easton: Epaenetus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Commendable, a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:5). He is spoken of as “the first fruits of Achaia” (R.V., “of Asia”, i.e., of proconsular Asia, which is probably the correc"}, {"id": "card_n_8fa579adfa24", "title": "Easton: Abel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen. 4:1-16). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two brothers were trained in t"}, {"id": "card_n_12032d50c8df", "title": "Easton: Birthright", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and s"}, {"id": "card_c_8d0edbb39eb4", "title": "Easton: First-fruits references Leviticus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Leviticus. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_c7aef283a77a", "title": "Easton: First-fruits references Jeremiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Jeremiah. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_ded64ffc43c5", "title": "Easton: First-fruits references Exodus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Exodus. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_33a36dc90f1d", "title": "1 Clement XXIV", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "resurrection._ Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits by raising Him"}, {"id": "card_n_c3ca1cb7e6ce", "title": "Easton: First-born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) The “first-born of the poor” signifies the most miserable of the p"}, {"id": "card_n_41fecb419994", "title": "Easton: Fruit", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, “corn-fruit” (Heb. da"}, {"id": "card_c_b2f57a9c78bc", "title": "Easton: First-fruits references Sabbath", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sabbath (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_4bf7572ddb80", "title": "Easton: Offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An oblation, dedicated to God. Thus Cain consecrated to God of the first-fruits of the earth, and Abel of the firstlings of the flock (Gen. 4:3, 4). Under the Levitical system different kinds of offer"}, {"id": "card_n_b99b2ffd387d", "title": "1 Clement XLII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The apostles have preached the gospel to us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ [has done so] from God. Christ therefore was sent forth by God, and the apostles by Christ. Both these appointments"}, {"id": "card_n_048bd5e3c62d", "title": "Easton: Samuel, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, which they divided into four books, which they called “Books of the Kingdom.” The Vulgate version foll"}, {"id": "card_n_bc90bbe21cfc", "title": "Easton: Heave offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by the Israelites as a present. This Hebrew word is frequently employed. Some of the rabbis attach to th"}, {"id": "card_n_eda5117447df", "title": "Easton: First-born, Sanctification of the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the first-born males of man and of animals should be consecrated to him, the one as a priest (Ex. 19:22, "}, {"id": "card_n_a6105732406a", "title": "Easton: Wheat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream was the Trit"}]}