26When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it,H935H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H34272take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his NameH3947H7225H6529H127H935H776H3068H430H5414H7760H2935H1980H4725H3068H430H977H7931H80343and say to the priest in office at the time, "I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the land the LORD swore to our forefathers to give us."H935H3548H3117H559H5046H3117H3068H430H935H776H3068H7650H1H54144The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the LORD your God.H3548H3947H2935H3027H3240H6440H4196H3068H4305Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.H6030H559H6440H3068H430H761H6H1H3381H4714H1481H4962H4592H1471H1419H6099H72276But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, putting us to hard labor.H4713H7489H6031H5414H7186H56567Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.H6817H3068H430H1H3068H8085H6963H7200H6040H5999H39068So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders.H3068H3318H4714H2389H3027H5186H2220H1419H4172H226H41599He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;H935H4725H5414H776H776H2100H2461H170610and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, O LORD, have given me." Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.H935H6529H7225H127H3068H5414H3240H6440H3068H430H7812H6440H3068H43011And you and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.H8055H2896H3068H430H5414H1004H3881H1616H713012When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.H3615H6237H4643H8393H7992H8141H8141H4643H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H398H8179H764613Then say to the LORD your God: "I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.H559H6440H3068H430H1197H6944H1004H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H4687H6680H5674H4687H791114I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything you commanded me.H398H205H1197H2931H5414H4191H8085H6963H3068H430H6213H668015Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey."H8259H6944H4583H8064H1288H5971H3478H127H5414H7650H1H776H2100H2461H1706
Follow the Lord’s Commands
16The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.H3117H3068H430H6680H6213H2706H4941H8104H6213H3824H531517You have declared this day that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws, and that you will obey him.H559H3068H3117H430H3212H1870H8104H2706H4687H4941H8085H696318And the LORD has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.H3068H559H3117H5459H5971H1696H8104H468719He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised.H5414H5945H1471H6213H8416H8034H8597H6918H5971H3068H430H1696