Deuteronomy 26:4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 26:4 in other translations
| BSB | Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God, |
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| WEB | The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the LORD your God’s altar. |
| ASV | And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. |
| YLT | and the priest hath taken the basket out of thy hand, and placed it before the altar of Jehovah thy God. |
| DARBY | And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. |
| BBE | Then the priest will take the basket from your hand and put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. |
| Webster | And the priest shall take the basket from thy hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. |
What does Deuteronomy 26:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Chapter Outline Confession in offering the first-fruits. (1-11) The prayer after disposal of the third year's tithe. (12-15) The covenant between God and the people. (16-19) Verses 1-11 When God has made good his promises to us, he expects we should own it to the honour of his faithfulness. And our creature comforts are doubly sweet, when we see them flowing from the fountain of the promise. The person who offered…
Deuteronomy 26:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 26:4
- Matthew 23:19
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Matthew 5:23-24
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Hebrews 13:10-12
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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Mt 5:23,24; 23:19; Heb 13:10-12
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Context
- Deuteronomy 26:3
And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.
- Deuteronomy 26:4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
- Deuteronomy 26:5
And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Deuteronomy 26:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sacerdote tomará el canastillo de tu mano, y pondrálo delante del altar de Jehová tu Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le sacrificateur prendra la corbeille de ta main, et la posera devant l’autel de l’ Éternel, ton Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Priester soll den Korb von deiner Hand nehmen und ihn vor den Altar Jehovas, deines Gottes, niedersetzen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Suscipiensque sacerdos cartallum de manu tua, ponet ante altare Domini Dei tui: |