Deuteronomy 26:4

Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,

Majority Standard Bible

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

3to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”

5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Hebrews 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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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