Deuteronomy 26:3-10

New International Version

³and 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 ancestors to give us.” ⁴The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering^(A) Aramean,^(B) and he went down into Egypt with a few people^(C) and lived there and became a great nation,^(D) powerful and numerous. ⁶But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer,^(E) subjecting us to harsh labor.^(F) ⁷Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice^(G) and saw^(H) our misery,^(I) toil and oppression.^(J) ⁸So the Lord brought us out of Egypt^(K) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,^(L) with great terror and with signs and wonders.^(M) ⁹He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;^(N) ¹⁰and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.^(O)” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.

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Deuteronomy 26:3-10

King James Version

³And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

⁴And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

⁵And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

⁶And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

⁷And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

⁸And the Lord 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:

⁹And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

¹⁰And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:

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Deuteronomy 26:3-10

New King James Version

³And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord ^[a]your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’

⁴“Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was ^(A)a ^[b]Syrian, ^(B)about to perish, and ^(C)he went down to Egypt and ^[c]dwelt there, ^(D)few in number; and there he became a nation, ^(E)great, mighty, and populous. ⁶But the ^(F)Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us. ⁷^(G)Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression. ⁸So ^(H)the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, ^(I)with great terror and with signs and wonders. ⁹He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, ^(J)“a land flowing with milk and honey”; ¹⁰and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’