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Deuteronomy 26:4-11 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

4. The priest shall then take the basket from your hands and set it in front of the altar of the Lord, your God.

5. Then you shall declare in the presence of the Lord, your God, “My father was a refugee Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as a resident alien. But there he became a nation great, strong and numerous.

6. When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing harsh servitude upon us,

7. we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil and our oppression.

8. Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and outstretched arm, with terrifying power, with signs and wonders,

9. and brought us to this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10. Now, therefore, I have brought the first fruits of the products of the soil which you, Lord, have given me.” You shall set them before the Lord, your God, and you shall bow down before the Lord, your God.

11. Then you and your household, together with the Levite and the resident aliens who live among you, shall celebrate with all these good things which the Lord, your God, has given you.

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