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Chapter 26 |
| 1 | And it shall
be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; |
| 2 | That thou
shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring
of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket,
and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his
name there. |
| 3
| And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those
days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am
come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give
us. |
| 4 |
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it
down before the altar of the LORD thy God. |
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5 | And thou shalt speak and
say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he
went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous: |
| 6 | And the Egyptians evil
entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: |
| 7 | And
when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and
looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: |
| 8 | And
the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with
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,
behold, I have brought the firstfruits 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: |
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11 | And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which
the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the
Levite, and the stranger that is among you. |
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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, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be
filled; |
| 13
| Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have
brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them
unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow,
according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not
transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. |
| 14 | I
have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof
for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened
to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast
commanded me. |
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15 | Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven,
and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou
swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. |
| 16 |
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and
judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul. |
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17 | Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God,
and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and
his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: |
| 18 | And the LORD
hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, 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 honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as
he hath spoken. |
