Chapter 26

And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which YHVH thy ELOHIYM giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that YHVH thy ELOHIYM giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which YHVH thy ELOHIYM shall choose to place his name there.

And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto YHVH thy ELOHIYM, that I am come unto the country which YHVH sware unto our fathers for to give us.

And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of YHVH thy ELOHIYM.

And thou shalt speak and say before YHVH thy ELOHIYM, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

And when we cried unto YHVH ELOHIYM of our fathers, YHVH heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression:

And YHVH brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O YHVH, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before YHVH thy ELOHIYM, and worship before YHVH thy ELOHIYM:

And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which YHVH thy ELOHIYM hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

Then thou shalt say before YHVH thy ELOHIYM, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of YHVH my ELOHIYM, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

This day YHVH thy ELOHIYM hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

Thou hast avouched YHVH this day to be thy ELOHIYM, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

And YHVH hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto YHVH thy ELOHIYM, as he hath spoken.