1And it shall be , when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance , and possessest it , and dwellest therein , 2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground , which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee ; and thou shalt put it in a basket , and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose , to cause his name to dwell there . 3And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days , and say unto him , I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God , that I am come unto the land which Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us . 4And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand , and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God . 5And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God , A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt , and sojourned there , few in number ; and he became there a nation , great , mighty , and populous . 6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us , and afflicted us , and laid upon us hard bondage : 7and we cried unto Jehovah , the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice , and saw our affliction , and our toil , and our oppression ; 8and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand , and with an outstretched arm , and with great terribleness , and with signs, and with wonders ; 9and he hath brought us into this place , and hath given us this land , a land flowing with milk and honey . 10And now , behold , I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground , which thou , O Jehovah , hast given me . And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God , and worship before Jehovah thy God : 11and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee , and unto thy house , thou , and the Levite , and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee .
The Third Year Tithe
12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year , which is the year of tithing , then thou shalt give it unto the Levite , to the sojourner , to the fatherless , and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates , and be filled . 13And thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God , I have put away the hallowed things out of my house , and also have given them unto the Levite , and unto the sojourner , to the fatherless , and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me : I have not transgressed any of thy commandments , neither have I forgotten them : 14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean , nor given thereof for the dead : I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God ; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me . 15Look down from thy holy habitation , from heaven , and bless thy people Israel , and the ground which thou hast given us , as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey .
The Covenant Renewal
16This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart , and with all thy soul . 17Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God , and that thou wouldest walk in his ways , and keep his statutes , and his commandments , and his ordinances , and hearken unto his voice : 18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession , as he hath promised thee , and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments ; 19and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made , in praise , and in name , and in honor ; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God , as he hath spoken .