Deuteronomy 26:1

Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;

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In The King James Version

And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

In Context

2You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:2Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place,

Deuteronomy 4:21And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:

Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

Deuteronomy 13:1If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

Deuteronomy 17:14When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

Deuteronomy 19:3You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:1

With this chapter Moses concludes the particular statutes which he thought fit to give Israel in charge at his parting with them; what follows is by way of sanction and ratification. In this chapter, I. Moses gives them a form of confession to be made by him that offered the basket of his first-fruits, ver. 1-11 . II. The protestation and prayer to be made after the disposal of the third year's tithe, ver. 12-15 . III. He binds on all the precepts he had given them, 1. By the divine authority: "Not I, but the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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