English / ERV
Deuteronomy 26
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1“You will soon enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you. You will take that land and live there.
- 2You will gather the crops that grow in the land the LORD your God is giving you. You must take some of the first crops you gather and put them in baskets. Then take that part of your harvest to the place that the LORD your God chooses to be the home for his name.
- 3Go to the priest who is serving at that time. Tell him, ‘The LORD promised our ancestors that he would give us some land. Today I come to announce to the LORD your God that I have come to that land.’
- 4“Then the priest will take the basket from you. He will put it down in front of the altar of the LORD your God.
- 5Then there before the LORD your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean.[1] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.
- 6The Egyptians treated us badly. They made us slaves. They hurt us and forced us to work very hard.
- 7Then we prayed to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and complained about them. And the LORD heard us. He saw our trouble, our hard work, and our suffering.
- 8Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his great power and strength. He used great miracles and wonders and did amazing things.
- 9So he brought us to this place. He gave us this land—a land filled with many good things.[2]
- 10Now, LORD, I bring you the first harvest from the land that you gave me.’ “Then you must put the harvest down before the LORD your God and bow down to worship him.
- 11Then you must have a meal together and enjoy all the good things that the LORD your God has given to you and your family. You must share them with the Levites and the foreigners living among you.