First fruits初熟之物（民数记 18：13）

图片说明： First fruits
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

“All the land’s first fruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.”(Numbers 18:13) 凡從他們地上所帶來給耶和華初熟之物、也都要歸與你。你家中的潔淨人、都可以喫。 (民数记18:13)

意思

来源及应用

在旧约时代，以色列人收割后把初熟的庄稼用以敬奉上帝，以求得庇佑。上帝对当时的先知亚伦许诺，说：“凡从他们地上所带来给耶和华初熟之物也都要归与你。你家中的洁净人都可以吃All the land’s first fruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it”。（民数记18：13） 这个习语沿用至今，初熟之物意旨事情初见成果。

例句

Although the MTR Corp (0066) still relies on property income to sustain its bottom line, it has tasted the first fruits of the rail merger while trying to export decades of railway operation experience, particularly to the mainland. – The Standard, 17 March 2008 虽然香港铁路有限公司仍然靠物业收益维持其盈利状况，该公司在合并后初见成果，向香港以外地区，包括内地输出铁路营运经验。