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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Deuteronomy 26 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Deuteronomy 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/25.htm" title="Deuteronomy 25">◄</a> Deuteronomy 26 <a href="../deuteronomy/27.htm" title="Deuteronomy 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/deuteronomy/26.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Firstfruits and Tithes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When you have entered the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God that I have come to the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> swore to our ancestors to give us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then you shall declare before the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then we cried out to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the God of our ancestors, and the <span class="name">Lord</span> heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, have given me.” Place the basket before the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God and bow down before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God has given to you and your household.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then say to the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the <span class="name">Lord</span> my God; I have done everything you commanded me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">Follow the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s Commands</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You have declared this day that the <span class="name">Lord</span> is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the <span class="name">Lord</span> has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God, as he promised.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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