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And it shall be, when you are come in
unto the land which the Lord your God gives you
for an inheritance, and possess it, and
dwell therein;
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That you shall take of the first of all the
fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of
your land that the Lord your God gives y ou,
and shall put it in a basket, and shall
go unto the place which the Lord your God
shall choose to place his name there.
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And you shall go unto the priest that shall be
in those days, and say unto him, I profess this
day unto the Lord your God, that I am come unto
the country which the Lord swore unto our
fathers for to give us.
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And the priest shall take the basket out of
your land, and set it down before the altar of
the Lord your God.
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And you shall speak and say before the Lord
your God, A Syrian ready to perish was
my father, and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there with a few, and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous:
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And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and
afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
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And when we cried unto the Lord God of our
fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked
on our affliction, and our labour, and our
oppression:
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And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with
a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm,
and with great terribleness, and with signs,
and with wonders:
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And he has brought us into this place, and has
given us this land, even a land that
flows with milk and honey.
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And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits
of the land, which you, O Lord, has given me.
And you shall set it before the Lord your God,
and worship before the Lord your God:
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And you shall rejoice in every good
thing which the Lord your God has give
unto you, and unto your house, you, and the
Levite, and the stranger that is among
you.
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When you have made an end of tithing all the
tithes of your increase the third year,
which is the year of tithing, and have
given it unto the Levite, the stranger,
the fatherless, and the widow, that they may
eat within your gates, and be filled;
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Then you shall say before the Lord your God, I
have brought away the hallowed things out of
mine house, and also have given them
unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the
fatherless, and to the widow, according to all
your commandments which you have commanded me:
I have not transgressed your commandments,
neither have I forgotten them:
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I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,
neither have I taken away aught thereof
for any unclean use, nor give
aught thereof for the dead: but I
have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God,
and have done according to all that you
have commanded me.
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Look down from you holy habitation, from
heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the
land which you have given us, as you swore unto
our fathers, a land that flows with milk and
honey.
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Deuteronomy 26:1-15
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