²Thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may be invocated there:

³And thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him: I profess this day before the Lord thy God, that I am come into the land, for which he swore to our fathers, that he would give it us.

⁴And the priest taking the basket at thy hand, shall set it before the altar of the Lord thy God:

⁵And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

⁶And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:

⁷And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:

⁸And brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders:

⁹And brought us into this place, and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁰And therefore now I offer the firstfruits of the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy God, adoring the Lord thy God.

¹¹And thou shalt feast in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee, and thy house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is with thee.

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