Deuteronomy 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.
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 labour, 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:
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.
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.
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.
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 honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken * .
