Leviticus 23:14

Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, &c.— That is, no bread or corn of this year's produce; a reasonable testimony of their respect and gratitude to God, the giver of all good gifts. Pliny tells us, that the Romans offered the first-fruits of their corn and wine to the gods, before they tasted thereof themselves.

Note; 1. They who come to acknowledge divine mercies, shall have their souls refreshed, as with marrow and fatness. (2.) Holy seasons should be observed in a holy manner. (3.) God has a right to his sheaf: we must honour him with part of our substance, if we would have his blessing on the rest. (4.) These first-fruits were typical of Jesus's rising, as the first-fruits from the dead, and thereby assuring us of our own resurrection.