Deuteronomy 26 - Tree of Life Version(TLV)

Firstfruits and Tithes

1“Now when you enter the land that Adonai

your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,

2you are to take some of the first of all the produce of the soil, which you gather from your land that Adonai

your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place Adonai

your God chooses to make His Name dwell.

3You are to go to the kohen in charge in those days and say to him, ‘I declare today to Adonai

your God, that I have entered into the land Adonai

swore to our fathers to give us.’

4The kohen is to take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Adonai

your God.

5“Then you are to respond before Adonai

your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as an outsider, few in number. But there he became a great nation—mighty and numerous.

6The Egyptians treated us badly, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

7Then we cried out to Adonai

, God of our fathers, and Adonai

listened to our voice and saw our affliction, our toil and our oppression.

8Then Adonai

brought us out from Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders.

9He brought us to this place and gave us this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.

10So now, look! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me, Adonai

.’ Then you are to set it down before Adonai

your God and worship before Adonai

your God.

11You will rejoice in all the good that Adonai

your God has given to you and to your house—you, the Levite, and the outsider in your midst.

12“When you finish tithing the full tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, so that they may eat within your town gates and be satisfied.

13Then you are to say before Adonai

your God, ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house and also have given it to the Levite and to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, according to all Your mitzvah that You have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your mitzvot.

14I have not eaten from the tithe in my mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or given any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of Adonai

my God; I have done all just as You commanded me.

15Look down from Your holy dwelling place, from the heavens and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

Affirming the Covenant

16“This day Adonai

your God is commanding you to do these statutes and ordinances—so you are to take care and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

17Today you have affirmed Adonai

as your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, mitzvot and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

18Now today Adonai

has affirmed you as His treasured people, as He promised you; that you are to keep all His mitzvot;

19that He will set you high above all the nations He has made, for praise, fame and honor; and that you are to be a holy people to Adonai

your God, as He has promised.”