Deuteronomy 26:1 - Prayer Tents

26Once you enter the land that GOD, your God, is giving you as an inheritance and take it over and settle down,H935H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H3427 2you are to take some of all the firstfruits of what you grow in the land that GOD, your God, is giving you, put them in a basket and go to the place GOD, your God, sets apart for you to worship him.H3947H7225H6529H127H935H776H3068H430H5414H7760H2935H1980H4725H3068H430H977H7931H8034 3At that time, go to the priest who is there and say, "I announce to GOD, your God, today that I have entered the land that GOD promised our ancestors that he'd give to us."H935H3548H3117H559H5046H3117H3068H430H935H776H3068H7650H1H5414 4The priest will take the basket from you and place it on the Altar of GOD, your God.H3548H3947H2935H3027H3240H6440H4196H3068H430 5And there in the Presence of GOD, your God, you will recite, A wandering Aramean was my father, he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, he and just a handful of his brothers at first, but soon they became a great nation, mighty and many.H6030H559H6440H3068H430H761H6H1H3381H4714H1481H4962H4592H1471H1419H6099H7227 6The Egyptians abused and battered us, in a cruel and savage slavery.H4713H7489H6031H5414H7186H5656 7We cried out to GOD, the God-of-Our-Fathers: He listened to our voice, he saw our destitution, our trouble, our cruel plight.H6817H3068H430H1H3068H8085H6963H7200H6040H5999H3906 8And GOD took us out of Egypt with his strong hand and long arm, terrible and great, with signs and miracle-wonders.H3068H3318H4714H2389H3027H5186H2220H1419H4172H226H4159 9And he brought us to this place, gave us this land flowing with milk and honey.H935H4725H5414H776H776H2100H2461H1706 10So here I am. I've brought the firstfruits of what I've grown on this ground you gave me, O GOD. Then place it in the Presence of GOD, your God. Prostrate yourselves in the Presence of GOD, your God.H935H6529H7225H127H3068H5414H3240H6440H3068H430H7812H6440H3068H430 11And rejoice! Celebrate all the good things that GOD, your God, has given you and your family; you and the Levite and the foreigner who lives with you.H8055H2896H3068H430H5414H1004H3881H1616H7130 12Every third year, the year of the tithe, give a tenth of your produce to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow so that they may eat their fill in your cities.H3615H6237H4643H8393H7992H8141H8141H4643H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H398H8179H7646 13And then, in the Presence of GOD, your God, say this: I have brought the sacred share, I've given it to the Levite, foreigner, orphan, and widow. What you commanded, I've done. I haven't detoured around your commands, I haven't forgotten a single one.H559H6440H3068H430H1197H6944H1004H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H4687H6680H5674H4687H7911 14I haven't eaten from the sacred share while mourning, I haven't removed any of it while ritually unclean, I haven't used it in funeral feasts. I have listened obediently to the Voice of GOD, my God, I have lived the way you commanded me.H398H205H1197H2931H5414H4191H8085H6963H3068H430H6213H6680 15Look down from your holy house in Heaven! Bless your people Israel and the ground you gave us, just as you promised our ancestors you would, this land flowing with milk and honey.H8259H6944H4583H8064H1288H5971H3478H127H5414H7650H1H776H2100H2461H1706 16This very day GOD, your God, commands you to follow these rules and regulations, to live them out with everything you have in you.H3117H3068H430H6680H6213H2706H4941H8104H6213H3824H5315 17You've renewed your vows today that GOD is your God, that you'll live the way he shows you; do what he tells you in the rules, regulations, and commandments; and listen obediently to him.H559H3068H3117H430H3212H1870H8104H2706H4687H4941H8085H6963 18And today GOD has reaffirmed that you are dearly held treasure just as he promised, a people entrusted with keeping his commandments,H3068H559H3117H5459H5971H1696H8104H4687 19a people set high above all other nations that he's made, high in praise, fame, and honor: you're a people holy to GOD, your God. That's what he has promised.H5414H5945H1471H6213H8416H8034H8597H6918H5971H3068H430H1696