Deuteronomy Chapter 26

Deuteronomy Chapter 26
1 Also when thou shalt come into the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee
for inheritance, and shalt possess it, and
dwell therein,
2 Then shalt thou take of the first of all
the fruit of the earth, and bring it out of
the land that the Lord thy God giveth
thee, and put it in a basket, and go unto
the place, which the Lord thy God shall
choose to place his name there. 3 And
thou shalt come unto the priest, that shall
be in those days, and say unto him, I
acknowledge this day unto the Lord thy
God, that I am come unto the country
which the Lord swear unto our fathers
for to give us. 4 Then the priest shall
take the basket out of thine hand, and set
it down before the altar of the Lord thy
God.
5 And thou shalt answer and say before
the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my
father, who being ready to perish for
hunger, went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there with a small company,
and grew there unto a nation great,
mighty and full of people.
6 And the Egyptians vexed us, and
troubled us, and laded us with cruel
bondage.
7 But when we cried unto the Lord God
of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice,
and looked on our adversity, and on our
labor, and on our oppression. 8 And the
Lord brought us out of Egypt in a mighty
hand, and a stretched out arm, with great
terribleness, both in signs and wonders.
9 And he hath brought us into this place,
and hath given us this land, even a land
that floweth with milk and honey.
10 And now, lo, I have brought the first
fruits of the land which thou, O Lord,
hast given me, and thou shalt set it
before the Lord thy God, and worship
before the Lord thy God:
11 And thou shalt rejoice in all the good
things which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee and to thine household, thou
and the Levite, and the stranger that is
among you.
12 When thou hast made an end of tithing
all the tithes of thine increase, the third
year, which is the year of tithing, and
hast given it unto the Levite, to the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the
widow, that they may eat within thy
gates, and be satisfied,
13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord
thy God, I have brought the hallowed
thing out of mine house, and also have
given it unto the Levites and to the
strangers, to the fatherless, and to the
widow, according to all thy
commandments which thou hast
commanded me: I have transgressed
none of thy commandments, nor forgotten
them.
14 I have not eaten thereof in my
mourning, nor suffered ought to perish
through uncleanness, nor given ought
thereof for the dead, but have hearkened
unto the voice of the Lord my God: I
have done after all that thou hast
commanded me.
15 Look down from thine holy
habitation, even from heaven, and bless
thy people Israel, and the land which
thou hast given us (as thou swearest unto
our fathers) the land that floweth with
milk and honey.
16 This day the Lord thy God doth
command thee to do these ordinances,
and laws: keep them therefore, and do
them with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul.
17 Thou hast set up the Lord this day to
be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and
to keep his ordinances, and his
commandments, and his laws, and to
hearken unto his voice.
18 And the Lord hath set thee up this
day, to be a precious people unto him
(as he hath promised thee) and that thou
shouldest keep all his commandments,
19 And to make thee high above all
nations (which he hath made) in praise,
and in name, and in glory, and that thou
shouldest be an holy people unto the
Lord thy God, as he hath said.