Deuteronomy 26:8-18

8 ¹and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders;

9 and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, ²a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 'Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground ³which You, O LORD have given me.' And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;

11 and you and ⁴the Levite and the alien who is among you shall ⁵rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household.

12 "⁶When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

13 "You shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; ⁷I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments.

14 'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.

15 '⁸Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, ⁹a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.'

16 "This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them ¹⁰with all your heart and with all your soul.

17 "¹¹You have today declared the LORD to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.

18 "The LORD has today declared you to be ¹²His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;

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Deuteronomy 26:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 26

This chapter treats of the basket of firstfruits to be brought and presented to the Lord, and the confession to be made along with it, De 26:1-11; and of the declaration to be made on the third year, the year of tithing, and the prayer annexed to it, De 26:12-15; and of the covenant made in a solemn manner between God and the people of Israel, De 26:16-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 34:11, 12
2. Exodus 3:8, 17
3. Deuteronomy 8:18; Proverbs 10:22
4. Deuteronomy 12:12
5. Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 16:11; Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
6. Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:24; Deuteronomy 14:28, 29; Heb 7:5, 9, 10
7. Ps 119:141, 153, 176
8. Psalms 80:14; Isaiah 63:15; Zechariah 2:13
9. Deuteronomy 26:9
10. Deuteronomy 4:29
11. Psalms 48:14
12. Exodus 6:7; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 28:9; Deuteronomy 29:13; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "tithing"
[b]. Or "fatherless"
[c]. Lit "gates"
[d]. Or "fatherless"
[e]. Lit "while in my"
[f]. Lit "to walk in"
[g]. Lit "to keep all"

Deuteronomy 26:8-18

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Deuteronomy 26:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 26

Cross References 12

Footnotes 7