"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:"
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Verse Deuteronomy 26:5. _A SYRIAN READY TO PERISH_ WAS _MY FATHER_]
This passage has been variously understood, both by the ancient
versions and by modern commentators. The _Vulgate_ renders it thus:...
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A SYRIAN READY TO PERISH WAS MY FATHER - The reference is shown by the
context to be to Jacob, as the ancestor in whom particularly the
family of Abraham began to develop into a nation (compare Isaiah...
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22. FIRSTFRUITS AND PRAYER
CHAPTER 26
_ 1. The basket of first-fruits, confession and rejoicing (Deuteronomy
26:1)_
2. Obedience yielded and prayer (Deuteronomy 26:12)
3. Jehovah acknowledges His...
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A preliminary offering of first-fruits (Deuteronomy 18:4) is to be
presented annually in a basket (Deuteronomy 28:5; Deuteronomy 28:17)
at the Temple, a hymn or liturgy, acknowledging Yahweh's goodnes...
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SPEAK AND SAY. Note the idiom, generally rendered "answer and say",
where the first verb must always be rendered according to the context.
Here "confess and say".
SYRIAN. an Aramaean: i.e. Jacob.
RE...
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IV. Fourth Division of the Laws. Ideals of Ritual Procedure with
Proper Prayers, Deuteronomy 26:1-15
The Presentation of Firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26:1-11) and the
Distribution of Tithes (Deuteronomy...
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DISCOURSE: 217
GRATITUDE TO GOD ENFORCED
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 u...
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_VER._ 5. _AND THOU SHALT SPEAK,_ &C.— The sum of the acknowledgment
amounts to this: that their possession of that land was entirely owing
to the bounty of God, and not left them by their ancestors;...
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(2) OFFERING THE FIRST-FRUITS (Deuteronomy 26:1-11)
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy
God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest
therein,...
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_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, AN...
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26:5 Aramean (b-13) Or 'A Syrian in danger of perishing.'...
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THE PRESENTATION OF FIRSTERUITS AND OF TITHES
1-11. Presentation of the Firstfruits, as a Thankoffering for the
mercy of God in delivering the nation from Egypt and in giving them a
good land and fru...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 26
V1 ‘The *LORD your God is giving this country to you to possess.
You will own it and you wil...
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XXVI.
Deuteronomy 26:1. PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST FRUITS.
(1) WHEN THOU ART COME IN. — Rashi says they were not bound to the
discharge of this duty until they had conquered and divided the land.
But...
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וְ עָנִ֨יתָ וְ אָמַרְתָּ֜ לִ פְנֵ֣י ׀
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵ֣ד
אָבִ֔י וַ יֵּ֣רֶד מִצְרַ֔יְמָה...
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FIRST-FRUITS AND TITHES
Deuteronomy 26:1
The Israelites were God's tenants-at-will. The entire land and its
produce were His; and they were required to acknowledge His ownership
by the payment of fi...
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Here we have the final movement in the second of these great farewell
discourses of Moses. In it the lawgiver lifted his eyes and looked at
the land to be possessed, and proceeded to tell the people h...
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And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A (c) 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, might...
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_The Syrian. Laban. See Genesis xxvii. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "My
father was a Syrian, poor, (or ready to perish) and he went down," &c.
The ancestors of Jacob had, in effect, come from beyond the Eu...
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Jacob was in fact a Syrian, for he lived many years in Padanaram. And
Laban, his father-in-law, was a Syrian, consequently his daughters
sprung from thence. It is good to remind the spiritual Israel o...
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It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this
book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22.
What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
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To close this succession of ordinances, we have (chap. 26) a most
beautiful picture of the worship consequent on the enjoyment of the
land according to the promises of God, a picture full of instructi...
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AND THOU SHALT SPEAK AND SAY BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD,.... Speak with a
loud voice, lifting up the voice, as Jarchi interprets it; or "answer"
e, to the question the priest will ask, saying, what is th...
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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, a...
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_A Syrian was my father_ That is, Jacob; for though born in Canaan, he
was a Syrian by descent, his mother Rebecca, and his grandfather
Abraham, being both of Chaldea or Mesopotamia, which in Scriptur...
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1 The confession of him that offereth the basket of First fruits.
12 The prayer of him that giueth his third yeere Tithes.
16 The couenant betweene God and the people.
1 AND it shall be when thou a...
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PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING...
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FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES
(vs.1-15)
In Amalek we have seen that which God refuses. Now a lovely positive
contrast is seen in that which God accepts. The Lord giving Israel
their promised land, and He w...
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1-11 When God has made good his promises to us, he expects we should
own it to the honour of his faithfulness. And our creature comforts
are doubly sweet, when we see them flowing from the fountain o...
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Jacob was a SYRIAN, partly, by his original, as being born of Syrian
parents, as were Abraham and Rebekah, both of Chaldea or Mesopotamia,
which was a part of Syria largely so called, as is confessed...
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"And it shall be, _ when thou shalt come in_ unto the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and _ possessest_ it, and
_ dwellest_ therein; that thou shalt take of the first of al...
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Deuteronomy 26:5 answer H6030 (H8804) say H559 (H8804) before H6440
LORD H3068 God H430 father H1 Syrian H761 perish H6 (H8802) down H3381
(H8799) Egypt H4714 dwelt H1481 (H8799) number H4962 H4592 na...
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THE OFFERING OF THE FIRSTFRUITS (DEUTERONOMY 26:1).
The offering of the firstfruits was to take place at the Feast of
Sevens when the harvest had hopefully been gathered in. Here Israel
were commande...
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CONTENTS: Law of the offering of the firstfruits.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: We are to acknowledge God as giver of all good things
which are the support and comfort of our natural lives and...
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Deuteronomy 26:5. _A Syrian ready to perish._ The whole Hebrew family
came from Mesopotamia, and Jacob repassed the Euphrates with only a
staff in his hand. It is good to remember that we rose from th...
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_A Syrian ready to perish was my father._
HUMILIATION IN CONNECTION WITH GRATITUDE
Such was the confession required of every priest of Israel when he
presented, before the altar, the offering of firs...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 26:1__ The final section of specific
laws deals with the offering of firstfruits and tithes in the land.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The rehearsal of rights and duties, pubilc and
private, terminates in this chapter with two liturgical enactments.
These have a clear and close reference to the whole of the preceding...
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EXPOSITION
THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER AT THE PRESENTATION OF FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES.
As Moses began his exposition of the laws and rights instituted for
Israel by a reference to the sanctuary as the pla...
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Deuteronomy, beginning with chapter 26.
Again it is important that we set the scene for you. Here's Moses, one
hundred and twenty years old. In just a few days he's going to go up
into the mountain an...
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Acts 7:15; Deuteronomy 10:22; Deuteronomy 7:7; Exodus 1:12; Exodus
1:5; Exodus 1:7; Genesis 24:4; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 27:41; Genesis
28:5;...
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A Syrian — So Jacob was, partly by his original, as being born of
Syrian parents, as were Abraham and Rebecca, both of Chaldea or
Mesopotamia, which was a part of Syria largely so called, partly by
hi...