¹² You may present them to the Lord as an offering of firstfruits,^(A) but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

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²⁰ But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits^(A) of those who have fallen asleep.

⁴ These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins.^(A) These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed^[a] from humanity as the firstfruits^(B) for God and the Lamb.