Deuteronomy

¹ Once you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you as an inheritance and take it over and settle down,

² you are to take some of all the firstfruits of what you grow in the land that God, your God, is giving you, put them in a basket and go to the place God, your God, sets apart for you to worship him.

³ At that time, go to the priest who is there and say, "I announce to God, your God, today that I have entered the land that God promised our ancestors that he'd give to us."

⁴ The priest will take the basket from you and place it on the Altar of God, your God.

⁵ A wandering Aramean was my father, he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, he and just a handful of his brothers at first, but soon they became a great nation, mighty and many.

⁶ in a cruel and savage slavery.

⁷ He listened to our voice, he saw our destitution, our trouble, our cruel plight.

⁸ with his strong hand and long arm, terrible and great, with signs and miracle-wonders.

⁹ gave us this land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁰ of what I've grown on this ground you gave me, O God. Then place it in the Presence of God, your God. Prostrate yourselves in the Presence of God, your God.

¹¹ And rejoice! Celebrate all the good things that God, your God, has given you and your family; you and the Levite and the foreigner who lives with you.

¹² Every third year, the year of the tithe, give a tenth of your produce to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow so that they may eat their fill in your cities.

¹³ I have brought the sacred share, I've given it to the Levite, foreigner, orphan, and widow. What you commanded, I've done. I haven't detoured around your commands, I haven't forgotten a single one.

¹⁴ I haven't removed any of it while ritually unclean, I haven't used it in funeral feasts. I have listened obediently to the Voice of God, my God, I have lived the way you commanded me.

¹⁵ Bless your people Israel and the ground you gave us, just as you promised our ancestors you would, this land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁶ This very day God, your God, commands you to follow these rules and regulations, to live them out with everything you have in you.

¹⁷ You've renewed your vows today that God is your God, that you'll live the way he shows you; do what he tells you in the rules, regulations, and commandments; and listen obediently to him.

¹⁸ And today God has reaffirmed that you are dearly held treasure just as he promised, a people entrusted with keeping his commandments,

¹⁹ a people set high above all other nations that he's made, high in praise, fame, and honor: you're a people holy to God, your God. That's what he has promised.