Bring · Remember · Rejoice · Share Every step opens the verse it rests on.
Step 1 of 6
BeginningDeuteronomy 26:1–2Israel settles the land and gathers its first produce.that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You… v2 · WEB
In the commentaryA Wandering Aramean
Turn the harvest into covenant remembrance
1 Bring the first produce
Acknowledge the gift of landDeuteronomy 26:2–4Place the first produce in a basket and bring it to the chosen place. Declare that you have entered the land the LORD promised.that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You… v2 · WEB
In the commentaryA Wandering Aramean
2 Confess the redemption story
Remember who brought you hereDeuteronomy 26:5–10Retell the family’s vulnerability, oppression in Egypt, the cry to the LORD, his mighty deliverance, and his gift of fruitful land.You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number.… v5 · WEB
In the commentaryA Wandering Aramean
3 Rejoice inclusively
Celebrate the LORD’s good giftDeuteronomy 26:10–11Bow before the LORD and rejoice in every good thing he has given, together with the household, Levite, and sojourner.You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you. v11 · WEB
In the commentaryA Wandering Aramean
All Share the third-year tithe
Declare faithful distributionDeuteronomy 26:12–15Give the sacred portion so the vulnerable may eat and be satisfied. Declare obedience and ask the LORD to bless his people and land.Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers… v15 · WEB
In the commentaryYou Have Declared, He Has Declared
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