Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Evangelical Heritage Version

Firstfruits and Tithes

26 When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, ² take some of the first ripe produce that you harvest from the soil of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Put it in a basket, and go to the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish his name. ³ Go to the priest who is presiding at that time and say to him, “Today I declare before the Lord your God that I have come to the land that the Lord swore to our fathers to give to us.” ⁴ The priest will take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

⁵ Then you will respond and say in the presence of the Lord your God, “My father was a wandering^[a] Aramean. He went down to Egypt and lived there as an alien with just a few people, but there he became a great, strong, and populous nation. ⁶ The Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us. ⁷ We cried out to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and he saw our affliction, our labor, and oppression. ⁸ The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with great awe-inspiring acts and signs and wonders. ⁹ He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ So now, look as I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you have given me, Lord.”

Then set the basket down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. ¹¹ Then you, as well as the Levite and the alien who resides among you, will rejoice in all the good things that the Lord your God has given to you and your household.