John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:7
And when we cried unto the Lord our God ,.... As they did by reason of their hard bondage, Exodus 2:23 , and the Lord heard our voice, and looked upon our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression ; with a look of pity and compassion, heard their cries, answered their petitions, and sent them a deliverer, Exodus 2:25 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Here is, I. A good work ordered to be done, and that is the presenting of a basket of their first-fruits to God every year, Deut. 26:1, 2. Besides the sheaf of first-fruits, which was offered for the whole land, on the morrow after the passover (Lev. 23:10), every man was to bring for himself a basket of first-fruits at the feast of pentecost, when the harvest was ended, which is therefore called the feast of first-fruits (Exod. 34:22), and is said to be kept with a tribute of... read more