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Deuteronomy 26:2

Gratitude

1 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,

you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

3 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”

4 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
KJV
That thou shalt 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 unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
WEB
that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
ASV
that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
DARBY
that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there;
BLB
that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that YHWH your God is giving you, and you shall put it in the basket and go to the place where YHWH your God chooses for His Name to dwell there.
ÅB
da skal du ta førstegrøden av alle jordens frukter som du innhøster av det land Herren din Gud gir deg, og legge det i en kurv og gå til det sted Herren din Gud utvelger for å la sitt navn bo der.
OTB
skal du ta noen av førstegrøden av all avlingen fra jorden som Herren din Gud har gitt deg, og legge dem i en kurv. Så skal du gå til det stedet Herren din Gud vil velge for å la sitt navn bo.
B1930
da skal du ta førstegrøden av alle jordens frukter som du innhøster av det land Herren din Gud gir dig, og legge det i en kurv og gå til det sted Herren din Gud utvelger for å la sitt navn bo der.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 23:19

    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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  • Exodus 23:16

    You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

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  • Ezekiel 44:30

    The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:10

    And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

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  • Exodus 34:26

    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:20

    But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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  • Romans 11:16

    If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:5–6

    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

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