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3 The offring of the first frutes 5 What they must protest when they offer them 12 The tithe of the third yere. 13 Their protestation in offring it 19 To what honour God preferreth them which acknowledge him to be their Lord.

1.ALſo when thou ſhalt come into the lãd which the Lord thy God giueth thee for inheritance, & ſhalt poſſeſſe it & dwel therein,

2.Then ſhalt thou take of the firſt of all y^e ^a frute of the earth, and bring it out of the land that the Lord thy God giueth thee, & put it in ^a basket, & go vnto the place, which the Lord thy God ſhal choſe to place his Name there.

3.And thou ſhalt come vnto the Prieſt, y^t ^b ſhalbe in thoſe daies, and ſay vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God, y^t I am come vnto the cõtrey w^c the Lord ſware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.

4.Then the Prieſt ſhal take the basket out of thine hand, & ſet it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God.

5.And thou ſhalt anſwer & ſay before the Lord thy God, a ^c Syrian was my father, who being ready to periſh for hungre, went downe into Egypt, and ſoiourned there w^t a ſmale companie, and grewe there vnto a naciõ great, mighty, ^d & ful of people.

6.And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruel bondage.

7.But when we ^e cryed vnto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voyce, and and loked on our aduerſitie, and on our labour, and on our oppreſsion.

8.And the Lord broght vs out of Egypt in a mightie hand, and a ſtretched out arme, with great terriblenes, bothe in ſignes & wonders.

9.And he hathe broght vs into this place, and hathe giuen vs this land, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

10.And now, lo, I ^f haue broght the firſt frutes of the land which thou, ô Lord, haſt giuen me, and thou shalt ſet it before the Lord thy God, and worſhip before y^e Lord thy God:

11.And thou shalt reioyce in all the good things which y^e Lord thy God hathe giuen vnto thee and to thine ^g housholde, y^u and the Leuite, and the ſtranger that is among you.

12.¶ When thou haſt made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increaſe, the third yere, which is the yere of tithing, and haſt giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the ſtranger, to the fatherles and to the widowe, that they may eat within thy gates, and be ſatiſfied,

13.Then thou shalt ^h ſay before the Lord thy God, I haue broght the halowed thing out of mine houſe, & alſo haue giuë it vnto y^e Leuites & to the ſtrangers, to the fatherles, and to the widowe, according to all thy ^* commandements which thou haſt commanded me: I haue ⁱ tranſgreſſed none of thy commandements, nor forgotten them.

14.I haue not eaten thereof in my ^" mourning, nor ſuffred oght to periſh ^l through vnclennes, nor giuen oght thereof for the dead, but haue hearkened vnto y^e voyce of the Lord my God: I haue done ^m after all that thou haſt commanded me.

15.Loke downe from thine holy habitaciō, euen from heauen, & bleſſe thy people Iſraél, and the land which thou haſt giuen vs (as thou ſwareſt vnto our fathers) the lād that floweth with milke and honie.

16.¶ This day the Lord thy God doeth cōmande thee to do theſe ordinances, and lawes: kepe them therefore, and do them with ⁿ all thine heart, and with all thy ſoule.

17.^* Thou haſt ſet vp the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to kepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voice.

18.^o And the Lord hathe ſet thee vp this day, to be a precious people vnto him (as he hathe promiſed thee) & that thou shuldeſt kepe all his commandements,

19.And to make thee ^* high aboue all naciōs (which he hathe made) in praiſe, & in name and in glorie, ^* & that thou shuldeſt be an holie people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hathe ſaid.

Deuteronomy 26

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