English Bible Presentation Sharing - Deuteronomy Book, chapter 26, verse 54 in Ncv Version

Deuteronomy 26 : 1 (NCV)

When you go into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, to take it over and live in it,

Deuteronomy 26 : 2 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 3 (NCV)

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."

Deuteronomy 26 : 4 (NCV)

The priest will take your basket and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 26 : 5 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 6 (NCV)

But the Egyptians were cruel to us, making us suffer and work very hard.

Deuteronomy 26 : 7 (NCV)

So we prayed to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us. When he saw our trouble, hard work, and suffering,

Deuteronomy 26 : 8 (NCV)

the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power and strength, using great terrors, signs, and miracles.

Deuteronomy 26 : 9 (NCV)

Then he brought us to this place and gave us this fertile land.

Deuteronomy 26 : 10 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 11 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 12 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 13 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 14 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 15 (NCV)

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."

Deuteronomy 26 : 16 (NCV)

Today the Lord your God commands you to obey all these rules and laws; be careful to obey them with your whole being.

Deuteronomy 26 : 17 (NCV)

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.

Deuteronomy 26 : 18 (NCV)

And today the Lord has said that you are his very own people, as he has promised you. But you must obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 26 : 19 (NCV)

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.