Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Deuteronomy 26:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Then the priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. American Standard Version (1901) And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. Common English Bible The priest will then take the basket from you and place it before the LORD your God’s altar. Catholic Public Domain Version And the priest, taking up the basket from your hand, shall place it before the altar of the Lord your God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the priest, taking the basket at thy hand, shall set it before the altar of the Lord thy God. |
Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, say to him, “Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.”
You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as a foreigner. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.