Regarded as belonging to God, and offered by the nation as a whole at the great feasts, and by private individuals at other times (Ex. 22: 29; Ex. 23: 19; Ex. 34: 26). The prescribed ritual included (1) the waving before the Lord of a sheaf of barley on the morrow of the passover Sabbath (Lev. 23: 10-14); (2) the offering of two loaves made with new wheat flour at the Feast of Pentecost (Ex. 34: 22; Lev. 23: 15, 17); (3) a thanksgiving for the harvest at the Feast of Tabernacles, or of Ingathering (Ex. 23: 16; Ex. 34: 22; Lev. 23: 39). See also Num. 15: 19, 21; Deut. 26: 2-11. Rules with regard to private offerings of firstfruits are found in Ex. 23: 16; Lev. 2: 12-16; Lev. 19: 23-25; Lev. 22: 14; Lev. 23: 15-17; Num. 15: 19-21; Deut. 18: 4; Deut. 26: 2; 2 Chr. 31: 5, 11; Neh. 10: 35, 37; Neh. 12: 44.