Nehemiah 10:35 → Exodus 23:19

Exodus 23:19 commands "the best of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God" (רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי, reshit bikkurey), and Nehemiah 10:35 records the post-exilic community pledging to resume this practice: "We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year." The Nehemiah assembly's oath explicitly identifies continued firstfruits offering as part of reconstituting faithful covenant life after the exile. The connection demonstrates the enduring authority of the Book of the Covenant's agricultural requirements, with the returning community binding themselves by solemn oath to practices mandated at Sinai but disrupted by the exile and its aftermath.