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When you go into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, to take it over and live in it,
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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.
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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."
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The priest will take your basket and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
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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.
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But the Egyptians were cruel to us, making us suffer and work very hard.
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So we prayed to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us. When he saw our trouble, hard work, and suffering,
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the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power and strength, using great terrors, signs, and miracles.
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Then he brought us to this place and gave us this fertile land.