Deuteronomy 26:4

Then the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 come vnto the Priest, that shall be in those dayes, and say vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God, that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lord sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.

5And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a small company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:23If then thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee,

Hebrews 13:10We haue an altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which serue in 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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