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Deuteronomy 26:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. "
Deuteronomy 26:19
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
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Deuteronomy 26:1
"And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest"
Deuteronomy 26:2
"That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name"
Deuteronomy 26:3
"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"
Deuteronomy 26:4
"And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 26:5
"And thou shalt speak and say before the 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 nation, great, mighty, and populous:"
Deuteronomy 26:6
"And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:"
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