to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
- NASB And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord my God that I have entered the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
- NLT Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the Lord your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.’
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Quick answer
The worshiper confesses to the priest that he has entered the land God swore to give the fathers. Worship includes declaring God's faithfulness to His promises.
Overview
The offering is accompanied by a spoken testimony that God has kept His covenant oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This confession turned a harvest gift into a celebration of redemptive history. It models how true worship recounts and rejoices in God's faithfulness, a faithfulness that culminates in Christ, in whom all God's promises are 'Yes' (2 Corinthians 1:20).
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 19:17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
- Ps 105:9–10the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- Heb 10:21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
- 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Heb 6:16–18Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
- Heb 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Gen 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Luke 1:72–73to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Gen 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
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