The firstfruits are the choicest and best of all fruits (Numbers 18:12). The children of Israel were instructed to offer them to the Lord (Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:10), without delay (Exodus 22:29). The Lord surely deserves our best as well. Are we giving Him the firstfruits of our lives?

ACROSS

2. "The house of _________, … the firstfruits of Achaia" (1 Cor. 16:___).

3. "The first of the ______ of thy sheep shalt thou give Him" (Deut. 18:___).

6. "I require … the firstfruits of your _______" (Ezek. 20:___).

9. "_________ was holiness unto the Lord and the firstfruits of His increase" (Jer. 2:___).

11. "Of His own will begat He us … that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His ______" (James 1:___).

12. "We should bring the firstfruits of our ______" (Nehemiah 10:___).

15. "Bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of ______" (2 Kings 4:___).

16. "Observe the feast … of the firstfruits of _______ harvest (Exodus 34:___).

17. "Salute my well beloved ______, who is the firstfruits of Achaia" (Rom. 16:___).

DOWN

1. "The children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of ______" (2 Chron. 31:___).

2. "Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the ______" (Rom. 8:___).

4. "Firstfruits of thy _______, which thou hast sown" (Exodus 23:___).

5. "But now is ______ risen … and become the firstfruits" (1 Cor. 15:___).

6. "The firstfruits also … of thine ______ … shalt thou give Him" (Deut. 18:___).

7. "The firstfruits of the ______: … holy unto the Lord" (Ezek. 48:___).

8. "Honor the Lord … with the firstfruits of all thine ______" (Prov. 3:___).

10. "These were ______ from among men … firstfruits unto God" (Rev. 14:___).

13. "Firstfruits of … ______, and of all the increase of the field" (2 Chron. 31:___).

14. "Bring the firstfruits of our ______ … unto the house of the Lord" (Neh. 10:___).

16. "The firstfruits of … ______ … brought they in abundantly" (2 Chron. 31:___).

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