Deuteronomy:26:1-11

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* And it shall come to pass , when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance , and thou hast taken possession of it , and dwellest therein : * That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the soil , which thou shalt bring in from thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee , and shalt put it in a basket ; and thou shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God will choose to let his name dwell there . * And thou shalt come unto the priest that may be in those days , and thou shalt say unto him , I give thanks this day unto the Lord thy God , that I am come into the land which the Lord swore unto our fathers to give to us . * And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand , and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God . * And thou shalt commence and say before the Lord thy God , A Syrian , wandering about , was my father , and he went down into Egypt , and sojourned there with a family few in number , and he became there a nation , great , mighty , and numerous . * And the Egyptians treated us ill , and afflicted us , and laid upon us hard labor ; * And then we cried unto the Eternal , the God of our fathers ; and the Lord heard our voice , and looked on our affliction , and our trouble , and our oppression ; * And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand , and with an outstretched arm , and with great terror , and with signs , and with wonders ; * And he brought us unto this place , and gave unto us this land , a land flowing with milk and honey . * And now , behold , I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil , which thou hast given me , O Lord ; and thou shalt set it down before the Lord thy God , and prostrate thyself before the Lord thy God ; * And thou shalt rejoice with every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee , and unto thy house , thou , with the Levite , and the stranger that is in the midst of thee .

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