before the Lord your God; 11and you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.” The first fruits to be given to God may be the same as the “tithe” already discussed in 14:22–27, or it may have been an additional requirement. In either case, the emphasis here falls on the form of the religious service which must accompany the offering. The first fruits, ie “the first of all the fruit of the