"Then the priestshall takethe basketfrom your handand setit downbeforethe altarof the LORDyour God.
"You blind men,whichis more important,the offering,orthe altarthat sanctifiesthe offering?
"You shall goto the priestwhois in office at that timeand sayto him, 'I declarethis dayto the LORDmy Godthat I have enteredthe landwhichthe LORDsworeto our fathersto giveus.'
"You shall answerand saybeforethe LORDyour God,My fatherwas a wanderingAramean,and he wentdownto Egyptand sojournedthere,fewin number;but therehe becamea great,mightyand populousnation.
