World English Bible
Deuteronomy 26:4
“The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 26
that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, "I profess this day to Yahweh your God, that I am come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.
The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God.
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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