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shalt go unto the place whicl) the Lord thy God shalt choose to 
place his name there. 
“ And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, 
and say unto him : ‘ I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, 
that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our 
fathers for to give us.’ 
“ And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and 
set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 
“ And thou shalt speak and say before tbe Lord thy God, ‘A 
Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into 
Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a na- 
tion, great, mighty, and populous 
“‘And the Egyptians e\nl entreated us, and afflicted us, and 
laid upon us hard bondage. 
“ ‘ And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the 
Lord heard our voice, and looked on our afflictions, and our labor, 
and our oppression : 
“ ‘ And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty 
hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, 
and with signs, and with wonders : 
“ ‘ And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us 
this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 
“ ‘ And now, behold, I have brought the first-fruits of the land 
which thou, O Lord, hast given me.’ 
“ And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship 
before the Lord thy God. 
“ And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord 
thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house ; thou, and the 
Levite, and the stranger that is among you.” — Deut. xxvi., 1-11. 
