26:1And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which
Jehovah thy
God giveth thee for an
inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,
26:2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the
ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that
Jehovah thy
God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the
place which
Jehovah thy
God shall choose, to cause his
name to dwell there.
26:3And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this
day unto
Jehovah thy
God, that
I am come unto the land which
Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us.
26:4And the priest shall take the basket out of thy
hand, and set it down before the
altar of
Jehovah thy
God.
26:5And thou shalt answer and say before
Jehovah thy
God, A
Syrian ready to perish was my
father; and he went down into
Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous.
26:6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard
bondage:
26:7and we cried unto
Jehovah, the
God of our fathers, and
Jehovah heard our
voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;
26:8and
Jehovah 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;
26:9and he hath brought us into this
place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
26:10And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the
ground, which thou, O
Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before
Jehovah thy
God, and
worship before
Jehovah thy
God:
26:11and thou shalt rejoice in all the
good which
Jehovah thy
God hath given unto thee, and unto thy
house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee.
26:12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled. 26:13And thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: 26:14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.26:15Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
26:16This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 26:17Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice: 26:18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.
