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.
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.”
- BSB 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.”
- ESV And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our fathers 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 19:17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
- Ps 105:9–10Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- Heb 10:21And having an high priest over the house of God;
- 1 Pet 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- Heb 6:16–18For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Heb 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Gen 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Luke 1:72–73To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
- Heb 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
- Gen 17:8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
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