Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 26:1 (show verse)
When you enter the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance you will possess it and live in it.
Deuteronomy 26:2 (show verse)
Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.
Deuteronomy 26:3 (show verse)
Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: I declare this day to Jehovah my God! I have entered the land Jehovah swore to our fathers to give us.
Deuteronomy 26:4 (show verse)
The priest will take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 26:5 (show verse)
Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation.
Deuteronomy 26:6 (show verse)
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us.
Deuteronomy 26:7 (show verse)
We cried out to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice. He saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression.
Deuteronomy 26:8 (show verse)
Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders.
Deuteronomy 26:9 (show verse)
He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:10 (show verse)
Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground that You, O Jehovah have given me. Set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.'
Deuteronomy 26:11 (show verse)
You, the Levite and the alien among you will rejoice in all the good Jehovah your God has given you and your household.
Deuteronomy 26:12 (show verse)
Finish paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing. Then you shall give it to the Levite, the stranger, and the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 26:13 (show verse)
Say before Jehovah your God: 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house. I also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all your commandments that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of your commandments.
Deuteronomy 26:14 (show verse)
I have not eaten of it while mourning. I have not removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of Jehovah my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.
Deuteronomy 26:15 (show verse)
Look down from your holy place in heaven and bless your people Israel. Bless the ground you have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as you swore to our fathers.'
Deuteronomy 26:16 (show verse)
This day Jehovah your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your being.
Deuteronomy 26:17 (show verse)
You declared Jehovah to be your God today. You said you would walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments and his ordinances, and listen to his voice.
Deuteronomy 26:18 (show verse)
Jehovah declared you to be his people and a treasured possession. Obey his commandments and receive his promise.
Deuteronomy 26:19 (show verse)
He will set you high above all nations that he has made, for praise, fame, and honor. You will be a consecrated people to Jehovah your God, as he has spoken.