a meat offering: These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe. Lev 22:29, Lev 23:10, Lev 23:14-17, Lev 23:20; Gen 4:3; Num 28:2; Deu 26:2; Pro 3:9-10; Isa 53:2-10; Mal 1:11; 1Co 15:20; Rev 14:4