Deuteronomy 26:1-9 ▼

1 “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,

2 put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.

3 Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.’

4 The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.

5 “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

6 When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,

7 we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.

8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.

9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!