Deuteronomy 26:4

Deuteronomy 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.

Context of Deuteronomy 26:4

2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 3And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God, that I am come unto the land which Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us. And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. 5And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. 6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Deuteronomy 26:4 word by word

וְלָקַ֧ח הַכֹּהֵ֛ן הַטֶּ֖נֶא מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ וְהִ֨נִּיח֔וֹ לִפְנֵ֕י מִזְבַּ֖ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• basketטֶ֫נֶאţene' · basketH2935
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:4

• Matthew 5:23If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,
• Matthew 23:19Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
• Hebrews 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Under the covenant, God required his people to give him tribute every year, or even more often. Because Israel was an agricultural society, God asked for offerings of animals, crops, or grain. This tribute celebrated the great redemption of the Israelites during the exodus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152. Thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth--The Israelites in Canaan, being God's tenants-at-will, were required to give Him tribute in the form of first-fruits and tithes. No Israelite was at liberty to use any productions of his field until he had presented the required offerings. The tribute began to be exigible after the settlement in the promised land, and it was yearly repeated at one of the great feasts (Le 2:14; 23:10; 23:15; Nu…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 26:4

• First Fruits
• Patriotism
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Basket
• Heaven
• Ready
• Tithe
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• First-Fruits

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings