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

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, 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.” Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God, 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. 6But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

Deuteronomy 26:4 word by word

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

• Then the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the basketטֶ֫נֶאţene' · basketH2935
• from your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• and place itנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:4

• Matthew 5:23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
• Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
• Hebrews 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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