Deuteronomy 26:4

And the priest taking the basket at thy hand, shall set it before the altar of the Lord thy God:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

In Context

3And thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him: I profess this day before the Lord thy God, that I am come into the land, for which he swore to our fathers, that he would give it us.

5And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:23If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;

Hebrews 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:2-12

The Offering of First-Fruits. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,… Read the whole commentary →

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