Deuteronomy 26:2

Deuteronomy 26:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
• New International Version (NIV)take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land 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
• English Standard Version (ESV)you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

Context of Deuteronomy 26:2

1“Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name. 3You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare this day to the Lord my God that I have entered the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’ 4Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 26:2 word by word

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית׀ כָּל־פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר תָּבִ֧יא מֵֽאַרְצְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָ֖ךְ וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ בַטֶּ֑נֶא וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן שְׁמ֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• that you shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• someמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the firstרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the produceפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• in from your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• givesנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you, and you shall putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• in a basketטֶ֫נֶאţene' · basketH2935
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• whereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• choosesבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• to establishשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• His nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:2

• Deuteronomy 16:10Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the Lord your God blesses you;
• Deuteronomy 18:4You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
• Exodus 23:16Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.
• Exodus 34:26“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
• Leviticus 2:12As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.
• Numbers 18:12All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the Lord, I give them to you.
• 2 Kings 4:42Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”
• 2 Chronicles 31:5As soon as the order spread, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.
• Nehemiah 10:35and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the Lord annually,
• Nehemiah 12:44On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.
• Nehemiah 13:31and I arranged for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce;
• Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the Lord, The first of His harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; Evil came upon them,” declares the Lord.’”
• Ezekiel 20:40For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.
• Ezekiel 44:30The first of all the first fruits of every kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
• Ezekiel 48:14Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or alienate this choice portion of land; for it is holy to the Lord.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit, etc. - This was intended to keep them in continual remembrance of the kindness of God, in preserving them through so many difficulties and literally fulfilling the promises he had made to them. God being the author of all their blessings, the first-fruits of the land were consecrated to him, as the author of every good and perfect gift.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2On the subject of firstfruits see the notes at Leviticus 23:9 ff. The firstfruits here in question are to be distinguished alike from those offered in acknowledgment of the blessings of harvest (compare Exodus 22:29) at the Feasts of Passover and Pentecost, and also from the offerings prescribed in Numbers 18:8 ff. The latter consisted of preparations from the produce of the earth, such as oil, flour, wine, etc.; while those here meant are the raw…Read the comment
• 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

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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