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    Deuteronomy 26

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    The sacred portion is declared clean by an oddly precise inventory: it was not eaten in mourning, removed while unclean, or offered for the dead. The chapter does not explain why those three, but it is wonderfully exact about what did not happen to the basket’s contents.

    The basket and the remembered journeyvv. 1–11

    Once Israel has entered the inherited land and settled there, the firstfruits go into a basket and travel to the place chosen for the LORD’s Name. The priest receives the basket, and the offerer recites the family history in miniature: a wandering Aramean, a descent into Egypt, oppression under hard labor, a cry heard, and a mighty deliverance. The recital ends where the basket has arrived—with the land, its milk and honey, and its firstfruits laid before the LORD. Then come the bowing and the rejoicing, shared with the Levite and the foreigner dwelling among Israel.

    The tithe and the final exchangevv. 12–19

    In the third year, the tenth is distributed to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat and be filled within the gates. The accompanying declaration is almost comically careful: the sacred portion has left the house, reached its recipients, and escaped three particular misuses—mourning, uncleanness, and the dead. After this exact account, the speaker asks the LORD to look down from heaven and bless both Israel and the land. The chapter then turns from the ceremony to the relationship itself: Israel proclaims the LORD as God, and the LORD proclaims Israel as His people and treasured possession.

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    1. Deut 26:1When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,

    2. Deut 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

    3. Deut 26:3to 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.”

    4. Deut 26:4Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,

    5. Deut 26:5and 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.

    6. Deut 26:6But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

    7. Deut 26:7So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

    8. Deut 26:8Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

    9. Deut 26:9And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

    10. Deut 26:10And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.

    11. Deut 26:11So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.

    12. Deut 26:12When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.

    13. Deut 26:13Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.

    14. Deut 26:14I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.

    15. Deut 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

    16. Deut 26:16The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

    17. Deut 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

    18. Deut 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

    19. Deut 26:19that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

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    02 — Read alongside

    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 260 passages were voted onto 19 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 191 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
    • 19Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
    • 19Deuteronomy 4:7–8For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
    • 19Exodus 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
    • 18Deuteronomy 28:9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
    • 18Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    • 18Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
    • 19Isaiah 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
    • 19Revelation 1:5–6and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
    • 191 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
    • 2Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
    • 5Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
    • 5Genesis 46:27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
    • 14Leviticus 7:20But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
    • 18Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
    • 18Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

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