Deuteronomy 26:2

then you must take some of the first of all the harvest of the land that you have brought in from the land that Yahweh your God is giving you. You must put it in a basket and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.

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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

1When you have come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, and when you possess it and live in it,

3You must go to the priest who will be serving in those days and say to him, 'I acknowledge today to Yahweh your God that I have come to the land that Yahweh swore to our ancestors to give us.'

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Cross References

Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your winepresses. You must give to me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 23:19You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Leviticus 2:12You will offer them to Yahweh as an offering of firstfruits, but they will not be used to produce a sweet aroma on the altar.

Numbers 18:12All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the firstfruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you.

Deuteronomy 12:5But to the place that Yahweh your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name, that will be the place where he lives, and it is there that you will go.

Deuteronomy 18:4The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you must give him.

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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