Deuteronomy 26: 5b - 11, 16 - 19 (Common English Bible)
Published 2011
Conclusion of sections on the Land
My father was a starving Aramean.
He went down to Egypt,
living as an immigrant there
with few family members,
but there is where he became
a great nation, mighty & numerous.
The Egyptians treated us terribly,
oppressing us and forcing hard
labor on us. So we cried out for
help to the Lord, our ancestors' God.
The Lord heard our call. God saw
our misery, our trouble, and our
oppression. The Lord brought us
out of Egypt with a strong hand and
an outstretched arm, with awesome
power, and with signs and wonders.
He brought us to this place and gave
us this land -- a land full of milk
and honey. So now I am bringing the
early produce of the fertile ground that
you, Lord, have given me.
Set the produce before the Lord your God,
bowing down before the Lord your God.
Then celebrate all the good things the
Lord your God has done for you and your
family -- each one of you along
with the Levites and the immigrants
that are among you. . .
This very moment the Lord your
God is commanding you to keep
these regulations and case laws.
So keep them and do them with
your entire being!
Today you have affirmed that
the Lord will be your God and that
you will walk in his ways and
follow his regulations,
his commandments, and his case laws
and that you will obey his voice.
Today the Lord has gotten your
agreement that you will be his
treasured people just like he
promised - by keeping his
commandments and set you
high above all the other nations
that he madein praise, fame, and
honor; and so that you are
a people holy to the Lord
your God, just as he said
you would be.
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