(KJV) Deuteronomy 26¹

⥃Offering Firstfruits and Tithes ^{[ Leviticus 27:30–34 † Deuteronomy 14:22–29 † Nehemiah 13:10–14 ]}

[1] And it shall be, when thou [art] come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;² [2] That thou shalt³ take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto⁴ the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. [3] And thou shalt go unto the priest⁵ that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the⁶ Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. [4] And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the⁷ altar of the Lord thy God. [5] And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian⁸ ready⁹ to perish [was] my father, and he went down¹⁰ into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few¹¹, and became¹² there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: [6] And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:¹³ [7] And when we cried¹⁴ unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked¹⁵ on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: [8] And the Lord¹⁶ brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great¹⁷ terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: [9] And he hath¹⁸ brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, [even] a land¹⁹ that floweth with milk and honey. [10] And now, behold, I have²⁰ brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou²¹ shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship²² before the Lord thy God: [11] And thou shalt rejoice²³ in every good [thing] which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite²⁴, and the stranger that [is] among you.

[12] When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes²⁵ of thine increase the third²⁶ year, [which is] the year of tithing, and hast given [it²⁷] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; [13] Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite²⁸, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not²⁹ transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten³⁰ [them]: [14] I have not eaten³¹ thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead³²: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, [and] have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. [15] Look down³³ from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy³⁴ people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou³⁵ swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

⥃Obey the LORD’s Commands

[16] This day³⁶ the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep³⁷ and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. [17] Thou hast avouched³⁸ the Lord this day to be thy God, and to³⁹ walk in his ways, and to keep⁴⁰ his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken⁴¹ unto his voice: [18] And the⁴² Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that [thou] shouldest keep⁴³ all his commandments; [19] And to make thee high above⁴⁴ all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy⁴⁵ people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.