Deuteronomy 26:4

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 26:4

And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand
To wave it, as Jarchi says, putting his hand under the hand of the owner, and so waving it; and this being waved to and fro towards the several corners of the earth, was an acknowledgment of the Lord being the proprietor of it:

and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God;
that it might have some appearance of a sacrifice, and be a fit emblem of the spiritual sacrifice of praise, which is accepted upon the altar Christ, which sanctifies every gift.

Deuteronomy 26:4 In-Context

2 that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring from 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.

3 And thou shalt go unto the priest who shall be in those days, and say unto him, `I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I have come unto the country which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.'

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

5 "And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God: `A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

6 And the Egyptians evilly treated us and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.