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Deuteronomy 26 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes
The Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:1 - “And it shall be, when you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - “that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:3 - “And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the LORD your[fn] God that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - “Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “And you shall answer and say before the LORD your God: ‘My father was a Syrian,[fn] about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried out to the LORD God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - ‘So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - ‘He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”;[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O LORD, have given me.’ Then you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:11 - “So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “then you shall say before the LORD your God: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’[fn]
A Special People of God
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - “This day the LORD your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - “Today you have proclaimed the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - “Also today the LORD has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - “and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, just as He has spoken.”
NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint reads my.
Or Aramean
Exodus 3:8
Exodus 3:8
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