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Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power,[a] as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders. Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground’s produce that you, Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 26:8 tn Heb “by a powerful hand and an extended arm.” These are anthropomorphisms designed to convey God’s tremendously great power in rescuing Israel from their Egyptian bondage. They are preserved literally in many English versions (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
  2. Deuteronomy 26:10 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

So the Lord brought us out of Egypt(A) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(B) with great terror and with signs and wonders.(C) He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;(D) 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.(E)” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.

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