Deuteronomy 26:1-2

Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes

1 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it,

2 ¹you 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 ²go to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.

Deuteronomy 26:1-2 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.

Cross References

• 1. 26:2 ch. 16:10; Ex. 23:19; 34:26; Num. 15:20; 18:13; Prov. 3:9
• 2. 26:2 See ch. 12:5