16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

16 And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.

16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.

16 And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 Now if the first-fruit be holy, the lump also; and if the root be holy, the branches also.

16 If the first handful of dough is holy, the whole batch of dough is holy. If the root is holy, the branches are holy.

16 Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; and if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy.

16 Now if the first fruits are holy, so also is the whole batch of dough, and if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

16 The first handful of dough that is offered is holy. This makes all of the dough holy.

If the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.