Deuteronomy 26:4

Easy To Read Version

“Then the priest will take the basket from you. He will put it down in front of the altar [156] of the Lord your God.

Cross References

Matthew 23:19

You are blind. \{You understand nothing!\} Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. \{So the altar is greater.\}

Deuteronomy 26:3

Go to the priest that is serving at that time. Tell him, ‘The Lord promised our ancestors that he would give us some land. Today I come to announce to the Lord your God that I have come to that land!’

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. [157] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.