Deuteronomy 26:4

The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the LORD your God’s altar.

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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

3You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to the LORD your God, that I have come to the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”

5You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:23“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

Hebrews 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve the holy 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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