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Deuteronomy 26:10

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And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God:

KJV

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:

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This verse in Deuteronomy 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The basket he set before God; and the priests, as God's receivers, had the first-fruits, as perquisites of their place and fees for attending, Num. xviii. The offerer is here appointed, when he has finished the service, 1. To give glory to God: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God.

This site's exposition

And he hath brought us into this place

on Deuteronomy 26:9-11

The last clause of the confession is the point of it, that the fruit in the basket came out of a land the speaker was given rather than one he won. Worship follows the setting down of the basket and rejoicing follows the worship, with the Levite and the stranger named as sharers because neither of them holds ground, which is how 16:11 and 16:14 order the feasts. Clarke sets verse 11 against a grudging piety and says God intends his followers to be happy in what he has given.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

והנחתו AND THOU SHALT PLACE IT [BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD] — This tells us that he takes it after the priest has waved it, and holds it in his hand whilst he makes the declaration, and then again waves it (Sukkah 47b; cf. Sifrei Devarim:33).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Deuteronomy 26:10:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֗הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • הִנֵּ֤הhere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙I have brought

    hevetiH935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • רֵאשִׁית֙[the] first of

    reshitH7225 →51 times

  • פְּרִ֣י[the] fruit of

    periH6529 →119 times

  • הָאֲדָמָ֔הthe ground

    haadamahH127 →225 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֥תָּהyou have given

    natatahH5414 →2011 times

  • לִּ֖יto <the> me

    li

  • יְהוָ֑הO Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהִנַּחְתּ֗וֹand you will set down it

    vehinachtoH5117 →142 times

  • לִפְנֵי֙<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔יתָand you will bow down

    vehishtachavitaH7812 →172 times

  • לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃God your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.6 worksIsaiah 66:23From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.2 worksDeuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.2 worksRomans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.2 worksExodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.2 worksDeuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 6:10–13And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,2 worksDeuteronomy 26:4Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,2 works1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.2 worksRevelation 22:9But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”2 worksNumbers 18:11–13And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.2 works1 Peter 4:10–11As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.2 worksPsalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.2 worksPsalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.2 works1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.2 worksPsalms 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.2 worksProverbs 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;2 worksPsalms 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 2:1

    You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

    it leads to

    • Luke 6:37

      Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

    • Romans 2:3

      So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

    • John 8:7–9

      When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

    • Romans 2:21–23

      you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

    • Matthew 7:1–5

      “Do not judge, or you will be judged.

  • Through

    Exodus 22:29

    You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 23:16

      You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 26:2

    you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 23:19

      Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Isaiah 66:23

    From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 46:1

      “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the…

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 26 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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