Deuteronomy 26:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The priest

1 Peter 2:5

Which the

Hebrews 6:16

General references

Genesis 13:15

Bible References

The priest

then both parties to the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office at that time.

It was fitting for us to have such a High Priest [perfectly adapted to our needs], holy, blameless, unstained [by sin], separated from sinners and exalted higher than the heavens;

and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,

Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.

You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

Which the

I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger [moving from place to place], all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession [of property]; and I will be their God.”

Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I will be with you and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His sworn oath to Isaac,

To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers,
And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

Indeed men swear [an oath] by one greater than themselves, and with them [in all disputes] the oath serves as confirmation [of what has been said] and is an end of the dispute.

General references

for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.