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Deuteronomy 26:4

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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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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

With this chapter Moses concludes the particular statutes which he thought fit to give Israel in charge at his parting with them; what follows is by way of sanction and ratification. In this chapter, I. Moses gives them a form of confession to be made by him that offered the basket of his first-fruits (Deu 26:1-11). II. The protestation and prayer to be made after the disposal of the third year's tithe (Deu 26:12-15). III. He binds on all the precepts he had given them, 1. By the divine authority: "Not I, but the Lord thy God has commanded thee to do these statutes" (Deu 26:16). 2. By the mutual covenant between God and them (Deu 26:17, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

כֹּהֵן (kôhên, H3548) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a… לָקַח (lâqach, H3947) — to take (in the widest variety of applications) טֶנֶא (ṭeneʼ, H2935) — a basket (of interlaced osiers) יָד (yâd, H3027) — a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), יָנַח (yânach, H3240) — to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and… מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, H4196) — an altar יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, H430) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with…

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