The First-fruits Ceremony

Deuteronomy 26:1–2, 5–10

Biblical Period

1When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, 2you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish His name. [ . . . ]

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