Deuteronomy 26:4
in Deuteronomy 26Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God.
KJV
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
⋯
This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand,.... To wave it, as Jarchi says, putting his hand under the hand of the owner, and so waving it; and this being waved to and fro towards the several corners of the earth, was an acknowledgment of the Lord being the proprietor of it: and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God; that it might have some appearance of a sacrifice, and be a fit emblem of the spiritual sacrifice of praise, which is accepted upon the altar Christ, which sanctifies every gift.
This site's exposition
to the priest who is serving at that time
on Deuteronomy 26:3-4
The worshiper says the words himself. What he professes is that an oath sworn to the fathers has been kept in his own lifetime.
This site's exposition
place it before the altar
The priest sets the basket before the altar as a gift to the owner of the land. Henry calls the LORD Israel's great landlord.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַ֧ח | velakach | and he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַטֶּ֖נֶא | hatene' | the basket | H2935 → | 4 times |
| מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ | miyadekha | from hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְהִ֨נִּיח֔וֹ | vehinicho | and he will set down it | H5117 → | 142 times |
| לִפְנֵ֕י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מִזְבַּ֖ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
וְלָקַ֧חand he will take
velakachH3947 →966 times
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַטֶּ֖נֶאthe basket
hatene'H2935 →4 times
מִיָּדֶ֑ךָfrom hand your
miyadekhaH3027 →1618 times
וְהִ֨נִּיח֔וֹand he will set down it
vehinichoH5117 →142 times
לִפְנֵ֕י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מִזְבַּ֖ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 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.
The walk
2 stopsEach 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
Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
it leads to
- Exodus 29:37
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
- Exodus 30:29
You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Exodus 29:37
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies3
On this verse
On this chapter
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.