Deuteronomy 26:3-10

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare this day to the Lord ^[a]my God that I have entered the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’ ⁴ Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵ You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, ‘^(A)My father was a ^[b]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and ^[c]sojourned there, ^(B)few in number; but there he became a ^(C)great, mighty and populous nation. ⁶ And the ^(D)Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. ⁷ Then ^(E)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; ^8 (F)and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders; ⁹ and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, ^(G)a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground ^(H)which You, O Lord have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God;