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and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the land the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.”
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The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the LORD your God.
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Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.
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But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor.
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Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.
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So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
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He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;
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and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, LORD, have given me.” Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.