Deuteronomy 26:2

take some of the firstfruits of all your crops produced by the land that the Lord your God is giving you and place them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose to live with you,

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Once you've entered the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and you take it over and settle there,

3and tell the priest in charge at the time, “Today I declare to the Lord your God that I now live in the country that the Lord promised our forefathers to give us.”

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Cross References

Exodus 22:29You must not hold on to the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 23:19Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

Leviticus 2:12You may give them to the Lord when you present your offerings of firstfruits, but they must not be offered on the altar to be accepted by the Lord.

Numbers 18:12I am giving you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain that the Israelites give as firstfruits to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5No, you must go to the place the Lord your God will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.

Deuteronomy 18:4You are to provide them with the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the first wool sheared from your flock.

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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