The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:2
The first of all the fruit of the earth. (On the law of the firstfruits, see Numbers 18:12 ; Deuteronomy 18:4 .) A basket ; טֶנֶא , a basket of wickerwork. read more
申命記 26:1-14 Jcb
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:3
The priest that shall be in those clays ; not the high priest, but the priests collectively, or the individual priest whose function it was to officiate on the occasion. The fruit presented was the sensible proof that the land was now in their possession, and the confession made along with the presentation was an acknowledgment of their unworthiness, and of the Divine favor as that to which alone they were indebted for the privileged position in which they were placed. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:5
A Syrian ready to perish was my father. The reference is to Jacob, the stem-father of the twelve tribes, tie is here called a Syrian, or Aramaean, because of his long residence in Mesopotamia (Genesis 29-31.), whence Abraham had originally come ( Genesis 11:31 ), and because there the family of which he was the head was founded. The translation "ready to perish" fairly represents the Hebrew; the verb אָבַד means not merely to stray or wander, but also to lose one's self, to perish, to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:6
The Egyptians evil entreated us (cf. Exodus 1:11-22 ; Exodus 2:23 , etc.). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:10
Thou shalt set it , etc.; either a general concluding remark, taking up the statement of Deuteronomy 26:4 , or the offerer may have resumed hold of the basket, and after holding it in his hand while offering prayer, would solemnly deposit it before the altar. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:11
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing , etc.; i . e . with these bounties of God's providence make a feast for yourself and your household, and omit not to invite the Levite and the stranger to partake of it with you. As with the yearly tithe ( Deuteronomy 14:23 ) and the firstlings ( Deuteronomy 15:20 ), so with this portion of the firstfruits, a festive meal was to consummate the service. According to the Law, the firstfruits were the perquisite of the priest ( Deuteronomy... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:12
The third year, which is the year of tithing . As each week ended with a Sabbath, so a sabbatical year ended each cycle or week of years; and as on it no tithes were levied, "the year of tithing" here specified would be the third and the sixth years in each septennial period. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:12
The year of tithing. Why so called? A double tithe was taken each year—the ordinary Levitical tithe ( Numbers 18:21-28 ), which Deuteronomy, without mention, takes for granted; and the festal tithe, ordained as a provision for the sanctuary feasts ( Deuteronomy 14:21-27 ). On the third year a tithe was to be devoted to festivities at home ( Deuteronomy 14:28 , Deuteronomy 14:29 ). It is usually, but too hastily, assumed that this third tithe was but the second diversely applied.... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:1-11
The dedication of the firstfruits. A beautiful religious service is here associated with the dedication of the firstfruits. It was to be an act of worship. There was to be the appearance before the priest, the acknowledgment of God's great bounty to the forefathers as well as to the worshipper himself, the presentation of the firstfruits as a return of God's gifts to him, the setting of the basket before God, and the rejoicing in the Divine presence. All this is surely typical. I. ... read more