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1 | The confession of him that offers the basket of first-fruits. |
12 | The prayer of him that gives his third year's tithes. |
16 | The covenant between God and his people. |
Verse 1
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;- 5:31; 6:1-10; 7:1; 13:1,9; 17:14; 18:9; Numbers 15:2,18
Verse 2
That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of 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.- That thou shalt
- 16:10; 18:4; Exodus 23:16,19; 34:26; Leviticus 2:12,14; Numbers 18:12,13; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Chronicles 31:5; Nehemiah 10:35-37; 12:44; 13:31; Proverbs 3:9,10; Jeremiah 2:3; Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 44:30; 48:14; Romans 8:23; 11:16; 16:5; 1 Corinthians 15:20,23; 16:2; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4
- go unto
- 12:5,6; Joshua 18:1; 2 Chronicles 6:6
Verse 3
And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.- the priest
- 19:17; Hebrews 7:26; 10:21; 13:15; 1 Peter 2:5
- which the
- Genesis 17:8; 26:3; Psalms 105:9,10; Luke 1:72,73; Hebrews 6:16-18
Verse 4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.- before the
- Matthew 5:23,24; 23:19; Hebrews 13:10-12
Verse 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:- A Syrian
- Jacob being called a Syrian from his long residence in Padan-aram.
- Genesis 24:4; 25:20; 28:5; 31:20,24; Hosea 12:12
- ready
- Genesis 27:41; 31:40; 43:1,2,12; 45:7,11; Isaiah 51:1,2
- he went down
- Genesis 46:1-7; Psalms 105:23,24; Acts 7:15
- a few
- 7:7; Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5
- became
- 10:22; Genesis 47:27; Exodus 1:7,12
Verse 6
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:- 4:20; Exodus 1:11,14,16,22; 5:9,19,23
Verse 7
And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:- we cried
- Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-4; 6:5; Psalms 50:15; 103:1,2; 116:1-4; Jeremiah 33:2; Ephesians 3:20,21
- looked
- Exodus 4:31; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 16:12; Psalms 102:19,20; 119:132
Verse 8
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:- the Lord
- 4:34; 5:15; Exodus 12:37,41,51; 13:3; 14:16-31; Psalms 78:12,13; 105:27-38; Psalms 106:7-10; Isaiah 63:12
- with great
- 4:34
Verse 9
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.- he hath
- Joshua 23:14; 1 Samuel 7:12; Psalms 105:44; 107:7,8; Acts 26:22
- a land
- Exodus 3:8; Ezekiel 20:6,15
Verse 10
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:- I have
- 2; 26:17; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Romans 2:1; 1 Peter 4:10,11
- And thou
- 4; 18:4; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 18:11-13
- and worship
- 6:10-13; Psalms 22:27,29; 86:9; 95:6; Proverbs 3:9; Isaiah 66:23; Revelation 22:9; 1 Corinthians 10:31
Verse 11
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.- rejoice
- 12:7,12,18; 16:11; 28:47; Psalms 63:3-5; 100:1,2; Isaiah 65:14; Zechariah 9:17; Acts 2:46,47; Philippians 4:4; 1 Timothy 6:17,18
- the Levite
- 1 Corinthians 9:11
Verse 12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;- the tithes
- Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:24
- the third
- 14:22-29
- hast given it
- 12:17-19; 16:14; Proverbs 14:21; Philippians 4:18,19
Verse 13
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:- Levite
- 12; 14:29; 24:19-21; Job 31:16-20
- I have not
- Psalms 18:21-24; 26:1-3,6; Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 11:31; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 John 3:17-22
- forgotten
- Psalms 119:93,139,141,153,176; Proverbs 3:1
Verse 14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.- eaten
- 16:11; Leviticus 7:20; 21:1,11; Hosea 9:4; Malachi 2:13
- the dead
- Psalms 106:28; Ezekiel 24:17
Verse 15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.- Look down
- 7; 1 Kings 8:27,43; Psalms 102:19,20; Isaiah 57:15; 61:1; 63:15; 66:1,2; Zechariah 2:13; Matthew 6:9; Acts 7:49
- bless thy
- Psalms 28:9; 51:18; 90:17; 115:12-15; 137:5,6; Jeremiah 31:23
- as thou
- Hebrews 6:13-18
Verse 16
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.- This day
- 4:1-6; 6:1; 11:1,8; 12:1,32; Matthew 28:20
- keep
- 6:5,17; 8:2; 13:3,4; John 14:15,21-24; 1 John 5:2,3
Verse 17
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:- avouched
- 5:2,3; Exodus 15:2; 20:19; 24:7; 2 Chronicles 34:31; Isaiah 12:2; 44:5; Zechariah 13:9; Acts 27:23; Romans 6:13; 1 Corinthians 6:19,20; 2 Corinthians 8:5
- and to
- 10:12,13; 13:4,5; 30:16; Joshua 22:5; 1 Kings 2:3,4
- to keep
- Psalms 147:19,20
- hearken
- 13:18; 15:5
Verse 18
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;- And the
- 7:6; 14:2; 28:9; Exodus 6:7; 19:5,6; Jeremiah 31:32-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Titus 2:14
- keep
- Psalms 119:6; Romans 16:26
Verse 19
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.- high above
- 4:7,8; 28:1; Psalms 148:14; Isaiah 62:12; 66:20,21; Jeremiah 13:11; 33:9; Ezekiel 16:12-14; Zephaniah 3:19; 1 Peter 2:5; Revelation 1:5,6
- an holy
- 7:6; 28:9; Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9 Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:26 - severed; Deuteronomy 14:2 - General; Deuteronomy 29:13 - establish; Deuteronomy 32:9 - the Lord's; 1 Chronicles 17:22 - thy people; Isaiah 63:18 - people; Jeremiah 2:3 - holiness; Ezekiel 39:13 - a renown; Daniel 12:7 - the holy
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Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 26". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tsk/deuteronomy-26.html.
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 26". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/
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