1. And it shall be when thou comest into the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,
2. that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there;
3. and thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God that I am come unto the land that Jehovah swore unto our fathers to give us.
4. And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God
5. And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
6. And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;