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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 26:2 in context
Deuteronomy 26:1–5
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It shall be, when you have come in to the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it,
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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.
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You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to the LORD your God, that I have come to the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
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The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the LORD your God’s altar.
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You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
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