rsv Deuteronomy:26:2-10 SEEK
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you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground ,
which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God gives you ,
and you shall put it in a basket ,
and you shall go to the place which the LORD your God will choose ,
to make his name to dwell there .
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And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time ,
and say to him , `
I declare this day to the LORD your God that I have come into the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us .'
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Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand ,
and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God .
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And you shall make response before the LORD your God , `
A wandering Aramean was my father ;
and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there ,
few in number ;
and there he became a nation ,
great ,
mighty ,
and populous .
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And the Egyptians treated us harshly ,
and afflicted us ,
and laid upon us hard bondage .
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Then we cried to the LORD the God of our fathers ,
and the LORD heard our voice ,
and saw our affliction ,
our toil ,
and our oppression ;
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and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm ,
with great terror ,
with signs and wonders ;
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and he brought us into this place and gave us this land ,
a land flowing with milk and honey .
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And behold ,
now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground ,
which thou ,
O LORD ,
hast given me .'
And you shall set it down before the LORD your God ,
and worship before the LORD your God ;