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1. When you go into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, to take it over and live in it,
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1. And it shall be H1961 , when H3588 thou art come in H935 unto H413 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee for an inheritance H5159 , and possessest H3423 it , and dwellest H3427 therein;
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2. you must take some of the first harvest of crops that grow from the land the Lord your God is giving you. Put the food in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God will choose to be worshiped.
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2. That thou shalt take H3947 of the first H4480 H7225 of all H3605 the fruit H6529 of the earth H127 , which H834 thou shalt bring H935 of thy land H4480 H776 that H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee , and shalt put H7760 it in a basket H2935 , and shalt go H1980 unto H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there H8033 .
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3. Say to the priest on duty at that time, "Today I declare before the Lord your God that I have come into the land the Lord promised our ancestors that he would give us."
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3. And thou shalt go H935 unto H413 the priest H3548 that H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 , and say H559 unto H413 him , I profess H5046 this day H3117 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , that H3588 I am come H935 unto H413 the country H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 unto our fathers H1 for to give H5414 us.
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4. The priest will take your basket and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
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4. And the priest H3548 shall take H3947 the basket H2935 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 , and set it down H5117 before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 .
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5. Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with only a few people, but they became a great, powerful, and large nation there.
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5. And thou shalt speak H6030 and say H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , A Syrian H761 ready to perish H6 was my father H1 , and he went down H3381 into Egypt H4714 , and sojourned H1481 there H8033 with a few H4692 H4592 , and became H1961 there H8033 a nation H1471 , great H1419 , mighty H6099 , and populous H7227 :
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6. But the Egyptians were cruel to us, making us suffer and work very hard.
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6. And the Egyptians H4713 evil entreated H7489 us , and afflicted H6031 us , and laid H5414 upon H5921 us hard H7186 bondage H5656 :
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7. So we prayed to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us. When he saw our trouble, hard work, and suffering,
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7. And when we cried H6817 unto H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of our fathers H1 , the LORD H3068 heard H8085 H853 our voice H6963 , and looked on H7200 H853 our affliction H6040 , and our labor H5999 , and our oppression H3906 :
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8. the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power and strength, using great terrors, signs, and miracles.
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8. And the LORD H3068 brought us forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and with an outstretched H5186 arm H2220 , and with great H1419 terribleness H4172 , and with signs H226 , and with wonders H4159 :
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9. Then he brought us to this place and gave us this fertile land.
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9. And he hath brought H935 us into H413 this H2088 place H4725 , and hath given H5414 us H853 this H2063 land H776 , even a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 .
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10. Now I bring part of the first harvest from this land that you, Lord, have given me." Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.
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10. And now H6258 , behold H2009 , I have brought H935 H853 the firstfruits H7225 H6529 of the land H127 , which H834 thou , O LORD H3068 , hast given H5414 me . And thou shalt set H5117 it before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and worship H7812 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 :
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11. Then you and the Levites and foreigners among you should rejoice, because the Lord your God has given good things to you and your family.
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11. And thou shalt rejoice H8055 in every H3605 good H2896 thing which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath given H5414 unto thee , and unto thine house H1004 , thou H859 , and the Levite H3881 , and the stranger H1616 that H834 is among H7130 you.
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12. Bring a tenth of all your harvest the third year (the year to give a tenth of your harvest). Give it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows so that they may eat in your towns and be full.
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12. When H3588 thou hast made an end H3615 of tithing H6237 H853 all H3605 the tithes H4643 of thine increase H8393 the third H7992 year H8141 , which is the year H8141 of tithing H4643 , and hast given H5414 it unto the Levite H3881 , the stranger H1616 , the fatherless H3490 , and the widow H490 , that they may eat H398 within thy gates H8179 , and be filled H7646 ;
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13. Then say to the Lord your God, "I have taken out of my house the part of my harvest that belongs to God, and I have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. I have done everything you commanded me; I have not broken your commands, and I have not forgotten any of them.
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13. Then thou shalt say H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , I have brought away H1197 the hallowed things H6944 out of H4480 mine house H1004 , and also H1571 have given H5414 them unto the Levite H3881 , and unto the stranger H1616 , to the fatherless H3490 , and to the widow H490 , according to all H3605 thy commandments H4687 which H834 thou hast commanded H6680 me : I have not H3808 transgressed H5674 thy commandments H4480 H4687 , neither H3808 have I forgotten H7911 them :
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14. I have not eaten any of the holy part while I was in sorrow. I have not removed any of it while I was unclean, and I have not offered it for dead people. I have obeyed you, the Lord my God, and have done everything you commanded me.
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14. I have not H3808 eaten H398 thereof H4480 in my mourning H205 , neither H3808 have I taken away H1197 aught thereof H4480 for any unclean H2931 use , nor H3808 given H5414 aught thereof H4480 for the dead H4191 : but I have hearkened H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 my God H430 , and have done H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 thou hast commanded H6680 me.
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15. So look down from heaven, your holy home. Bless your people Israel and bless the land you have given us, which you promised to our ancestors -- a fertile land."
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15. Look down H8259 from thy holy H6944 habitation H4480 H4583 , from H4480 heaven H8064 , and bless H1288 H853 thy people H5971 H853 Israel H3478 , and the land H127 which H834 thou hast given H5414 us, as H834 thou sworest H7650 unto our fathers H1 , a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 .
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16. Today the Lord your God commands you to obey all these rules and laws; be careful to obey them with your whole being.
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16. This H2088 day H3117 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath commanded H6680 thee to do H6213 H853 these H428 statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 : thou shalt therefore keep H8104 and do H6213 them with all H3605 thine heart H3824 , and with all H3605 thy soul H5315 .
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17. Today you have said that the Lord is your God, and you have promised to do what he wants you to do -- to keep his rules, commands, and laws. You have said you will obey him.
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17. Thou hast avouched H559 H853 the LORD H3068 this day H3117 to be H1961 thy God H430 , and to walk H1980 in his ways H1870 , and to keep H8104 his statutes H2706 , and his commandments H4687 , and his judgments H4941 , and to hearken H8085 unto his voice H6963 :
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18. And today the Lord has said that you are his very own people, as he has promised you. But you must obey his commands.
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18. And the LORD H3068 hath avouched H559 thee this day H3117 to be H1961 his peculiar H5459 people H5971 , as H834 he hath promised H1696 thee , and that thou shouldest keep H8104 all H3605 his commandments H4687 ;
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19. He will make you greater than all the other nations he made. He will give you praise, fame, and honor, and you will be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has said.
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19. And to make H5414 thee high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 nations H1471 which H834 he hath made H6213 , in praise H8416 , and in name H8034 , and in honor H8597 ; and that thou mayest be H1961 a holy H6918 people H5971 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , as H834 he hath spoken H1696 .
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