1 And it will be, when you [are] come in to the land which the LORD your God gives you [for] an inheritance , and possess it, and dwells  2 That you will take of the first of all the fruit of the earth , which you will bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and will put [it] in a basket , and will go to the place which the LORD your God will choose to place his name  3 And you will go to the priest that will be in those days , and say to him, I profess this day to the LORD your God , that I am come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers for to give  4 And the priest will take the basket out of your hand , and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God  5 And you will speak and say before the LORD your 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  6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage  7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers , the LORD heard our voice , and looked on our affliction , and our labour , and our oppression  8 And the LORD brought us forward out of Egypt with a mighty hand , and with an outstretched arm , and with great terribleness , and with signs , and with wonders  9 And he has brought us into this place , and has given us this land , [even] a land that flows with milk and honey  10 And now, see, I have brought the firstfruits  of the land , which you, O LORD , have given me. And you will set it before the LORD your God , and worship before the LORD your God  11 And you will rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house , you, and the Levite , and the stranger that [is] among  12 When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase the third year , [which is] the year of tithing , and have given [it] to the Levite , the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , that they may eat within your gates , and be filled  13 Then you will say before the LORD your God , I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house , and also have given them to the Levite , and to the stranger , to the fatherless , and to the widow , according to all your commandments which you have commanded me: I have not transgressed your commandments , neither have I forgotten  14 I have not eaten of it in my mourning , neither have I taken away [should] of it for [any] unclean [use], nor given [should] of it for the dead : [but] I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God , [and] have done according to all that you have commanded  15 Look down from your holy habitation , from heaven , and bless your people Israel , and the land which you have given us, as you swear to our fathers , a land that flows with milk and honey  16 This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments : you will therefore keep and do them with all your heart , and with all your soul  17 you have avouched the LORD this day to be your God , and to walk in his ways , and to keep his statutes , and his commandments , and his judgments , and to listen to his voice  18 And the LORD has avouched you this day to be his peculiar people , as he has promised you, and that [you] should keep all his commandments  19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made , in praise , and in name , and in honour ; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God , as he has spoken