Deuteronomy 26:3

Deuteronomy 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.
• New International Version (NIV)and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, 'I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’

Context of Deuteronomy 26:3

1“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it, 2take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you and put it in a basket. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have his name dwell. When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’ 4“Then the priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. 5You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

Deuteronomy 26:3 word by word

וּבָאתָ֙ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו הִגַּ֤דְתִּי הַיּוֹם֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כִּי־בָ֙אתִי֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהוָ֛ה לַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ לָ֥תֶת לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• that shall be in those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto him, I professנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• unto the countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• unto our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• for to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:3

• Deuteronomy 19:17the two people in the dispute are to stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.
• Hebrews 7:20None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
• Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,
• Hebrews 13:15Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
• 1 Peter 2:5you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Genesis 17:8And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing — all the land of Canaan — as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.”
• Genesis 26:3stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
• Psalms 105:9the covenant he made with Abraham, swore to Isaac,
• Luke 1:72He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant —
• Hebrews 6:16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26:3

• 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 26:3

• First Fruits
• Patriotism
• Priest

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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