26"Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,H935H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H3427 2that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you shall bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put [it] in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.H3947H7225H6529H127H935H776H3068H430H5414H7760H2935H1980H4725H3068H430H977H7931H8034 3"And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, 'I declare this day to the LORD my God that I have entered the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.'H935H3548H3117H559H5046H3117H3068H430H935H776H3068H7650H1H5414 4"Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.H3548H3947H2935H3027H3240H6440H4196H3068H430 5"And you shall answer and say before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty and populous nation.H6030H559H6440H3068H430H761H6H1H3381H4714H1481H4962H4592H1471H1419H6099H7227 6'And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.H4713H7489H6031H5414H7186H5656 7'Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;H6817H3068H430H1H3068H8085H6963H7200H6040H5999H3906 8and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders;H3068H3318H4714H2389H3027H5186H2220H1419H4172H226H4159 9and He has brought us to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.H935H4725H5414H776H776H2100H2461H1706 10'And now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which Thou, O LORD hast given me.' And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;H935H6529H7225H127H3068H5414H3240H6440H3068H430H7812H6440H3068H430 11and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household.H8055H2896H3068H430H5414H1004H3881H1616H7130 12"When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns, and be satisfied.H3615H6237H4643H8393H7992H8141H8141H4643H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H398H8179H7646 13"And you shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred [portion] from [my] house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all Thy commandments which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Thy commandments.H559H6440H3068H430H1197H6944H1004H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H4687H6680H5674H4687H7911 14'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.H398H205H1197H2931H5414H4191H8085H6963H3068H430H6213H6680 15'Look down from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the ground which Thou hast given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Thou didst swear to our fathers.'H8259H6944H4583H8064H1288H5971H3478H127H5414H7650H1H776H2100H2461H1706 16"This day the LORD 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 soul.H3117H3068H430H6680H6213H2706H4941H8104H6213H3824H5315 17"You have today declared the LORD to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.H559H3068H3117H430H3212H1870H8104H2706H4687H4941H8085H6963 18"And the LORD has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;H3068H559H3117H5459H5971H1696H8104H4687 19and that He shall set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the LORD your God, as He has spoken. "H5414H5945H1471H6213H8416H8034H8597H6918H5971H3068H430H1696
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