Chapter 26 of Deuteronomy once again Emphasized the Importance of Following and Obeying G-d’s Commandments Not Otherwise

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The Bible | Hebrew Scripture | Old Testament

Teaches to obey G-d according to all His Commandments

Along comes the Greeks and the Romans who adapted it and put altogether their Pagan practices alongside the Gospel and the writings of Paul teaching to stop doing what G-d commanded thru Moses.

*You may check history and the Greek book – New Testament if you are sincere in following, believing and loving the One True G-d of the Hebrews.

“First Fruits”
“Declaration”
“Confession of the Tithes”
“G-d and Israel are Inseparable”

It will be when you enter the Land that Hashem, your God, gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it, and dwell in it,
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that you shall take of the first of every fruit of the ground that you bring in from your Land that Hashem, your God, gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that Hashem, your God, will choose, to make His Name rest there.
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The Kohen shall take the basket from your hand, and lay it before the Altar of Hashem, your God.
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You shall rejoice with all the goodness that Hashem, your God, has given you and your household – you and the Levite and the proselyte who is in your midst.
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When you have finished tithing every tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give to the Levite, to the proselyte, to the orphan, and to the widow, and they shall eat in your cities and be satisfied.
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… I have not transgressed any of Your commandments, and I have not forgotten.
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I have not eaten of it in my intense mourning, I did not consume it in a state of contamination, and I did not give of it for the needs of the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Hashem, my God; I have acted according to everything You commanded me.
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This day, Hashem, your God, commands you to perform these decrees and the statutes, and you shall observe and perform them with all your heart and with all your soul.
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And Hashem has distinguished you today to be for Him a treasured people, as He spoke to you, and to observe all His commandments.
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And to make you supreme over all the nations that He made, for praise, for renown, and for splendor, and so that you will be a holy people to Hashem, your God, as he spoke.
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1 And it will be, when you come into the land which the Lord, your God, gives you for an inheritance, and you possess it and settle in it,
2 that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you will bring from your land, which the Lord, your God, is giving you. And you shall put [them] into a basket and go to the place which the Lord, your God, will choose to have His Name dwell there.
3 And you shall come to the kohen who will be [serving] in those days, and say to him, “I declare this day to the Lord, your God, that I have come to the land which the Lord swore to our forefathers to give us.”
4 And the kohen will take the basket from your hand, laying it before the altar of the Lord, your God.
5 And you shall call out and say before the Lord, your God, “An Aramean [sought to] destroy my forefather, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with a small number of people, and there, he became a great, mighty, and numerous nation.
6 And the Egyptians treated us cruelly and afflicted us, and they imposed hard labor upon us.
7 So we cried out to the Lord, God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
8 And the Lord brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, with great awe, and with signs and wonders.
9 And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground which you, O Lord, have given to me.” Then, you shall lay it before the Lord, your God, and prostrate yourself before the Lord, your God.
11 Then, you shall rejoice with all the good that the Lord, your God, has granted you and your household you, the Levite, and the stranger who is among you.
12 When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give [them] to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, so that they can eat to satiety in your cities.
13 Then you shall say before the Lord, your God, “I have removed the holy [portion] from the house, and I have also given it to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, according to all Your commandment that You commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten [them].
14 I did not eat any of it [second tithe] while in my mourning, nor did I consume any of it while unclean; neither did I use any of it for the dead. I obeyed the Lord, my God; I did according to all that You commanded me.
15 Look down from Your holy dwelling, from the heavens, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given to us, as You swore to our forefathers a land flowing with milk and honey.
16 This day, the Lord, your God, is commanding you to fulfill these statutes and ordinances, and you will observe and fulfill them with all your heart and with all your soul.
17 You have selected the Lord this day, to be your God, and to walk in His ways, and to observe His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and to obey Him.
18 And the Lord has selected you this day to be His treasured people, as He spoke to you, and so that you shall observe all His commandments,
19 and to make you supreme, above all the nations that He made, [so that you will have] praise, a [distinguished] name and glory; and so that you will be a holy people to the Lord, your God, as He spoke.