“That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.”
You shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to make his name dwell — the 'bikkurim' (firstfruits) are a sample of the harvest, brought to the central sanctuary. The act acknowledges God's ownership of the land and the covenant's fulfillment.
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