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Deuteronomy 26:3-5
World English Bible
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
World English Bible
3 You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.” 4 The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before Yahweh your God’s altar. 5 You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father[a] was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
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- 26:5 or, forefather
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
English Standard Version
3 And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land (A)that 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 “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A (B)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, (C)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
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Deuteronomy 26:3-5
New International Version
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
New International Version
3 and 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.” 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5 Then 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.
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 26:3-5
New King James Version
3 And 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. 5 And 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.
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- Deuteronomy 26:3 LXX my
- Deuteronomy 26:5 Or Aramean
- Deuteronomy 26:5 As a resident alien
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