Text: Numbers 15:18-21
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 23:10-11
Subject: firstfruits offerings for the promised land
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 15:18-21 legislates a dough offering from the first of the grain processing, while Leviticus 23:10-11 requires waving a sheaf of the first grain harvest before the LORD. Both laws are introduced with the identical formula "when you enter the land" (כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ), anchoring the firstfruits obligation to the promise of land possession. Together they establish a comprehensive firstfruits system covering the full production chain: Leviticus addresses the raw harvest (sheaf), Numbers the processed product (dough). Both express the theological conviction that the land's produce is God's gift, and the first portion must be returned to Him as acknowledgment of His provision.
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Text: Leviticus 23:10-11
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 15:18-21
Subject: firstfruits offerings upon entering the land
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Leviticus 23:10-11 prescribes the wave offering of a firstfruits sheaf (עֹמֶר, omer) on the day after the Sabbath during the harvest season, with the priest waving it before the LORD. Numbers 15:18-21 legislates a complementary firstfruits offering of dough (חַלָּה, challah): "From the first of your dough you shall present a cake as a contribution." Both passages open with the identical anticipatory formula: "When you come into the land" (כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ), anchoring firstfruits obligations to the promised land settlement. The two laws together establish the principle that both raw agricultural produce and processed food belong first to God — an acknowledgment that the land and its fertility are His gift.