2 ^athat you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and ^bgo to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.  ‡

3 And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord¹ your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’  ‡

5 And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was ^a1a Syrian, ^babout to perish, and ^che went down to Egypt and dwelt there, ^dfew in number; and there he became a nation, ^egreat, mighty, and populous.  ‡

6 But the ^aEgyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.  ‡