OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Deuteronomy 26:6

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The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

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Deuteronomy 26:3–9

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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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The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

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Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers. The LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

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The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;

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and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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