## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 26

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:1
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:1)

וִיהֵי אֲרֵי תֵעוּל לְאַרְעָא דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ אַחֲסָנָא וְתֵירְתַהּ וְתֵיתֵב בַּהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When it happens that you come to the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you as territory, nd you inherit it and settle it;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:2
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:2)

וְתִסַּב מֵרֵישׁ כָּל אִבָּא דְאַרְעָא דִּי תָעֵל מֵאַרְעָךְ דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ וּתְשַׁוֵּי בְסַלָּא וּתְהַךְ לְאַתְרָא דִּי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ תַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are to take of the first of all the fruits of the soil that you bring from your land, that Adonoy, your God, is giving you, and place [it] in a basket; and go to the place that Adonoy, your God, chooses to house His Presence there.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:3
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:3)

וְתֵיתֵי לְוָת כַּהֲנָא דִּי יְהֵי בְּיוֹמַיָּא הָאִנּוּן וְתֵימַר לֵיהּ חַוֵּיתִי יוֹמָא דֵין **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֲרֵי עַלִּית לְאַרְעָא דִּי קַיִּים יְיָ לַאֲבָהָתָנָא לְמִתַּן לָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are to come to the *kohein* who will be [of service] during those days and you will say to him, ‘‘I ascertain today to [**before**] Adonoy, your God, that I have arrived in the land that Adonoy swore to our forefathers to give us.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:4
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:4)

וְיִסַּב כַּהֲנָא סַלָּא מִידָךְ וְיַחְתִנֵּיהּ קֳדָם מַדְבְּחָא דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The *kohein* shall then take the basket from your hand, and he will place it before the altar of Adonoy, your God.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:5
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:5)

וְתָתֵיב וְתֵימַר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ **לָבָן** אֲרַמָּאָה **בָּעָא** לְאוֹבָדָא יָת אַבָּא וּנְחַת לְמִצְרַיִם וְדָר תַּמָּן **בְּעַם זְעֵר** וַהֲוָה תַמָּן לְעַם רַב תַּקִּיף וְסַגִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And you shall then proclaim and say before Adonoy, your God, ‘‘[**Lovon**] the Aramite [**wanted to**] destroy[ed] my forefather, then he descended to Egypt and sojourned there with a tiny community [**small nation**]; and there he became a great people, powerful and numerous.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:6
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:6)

וְאַבְאִישׁוּ לָנָא מִצְרַיִם וְעַנְּיָנָא וִיהָבוּ עֲלָנָא פָּלְחָנָא קַשְׁיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
‘‘The Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and they imposed hard labor upon us.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:7
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:7)

וְצַלֵּינָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָא דַאֲבָהָתָנָא וְקַבִּיל יְיָ צְלוֹתָנָא וּגְלֵי **קֳדָמוֹהִי** עַמְלָנָא וְלֵאוּתָנָא וְדוּחֲקָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
‘‘We prayed to [**before**] Adonoy, God of our forefathers, and Adonoy accepted our prayer, and perceived [**before Him**] our oppression, and our labor, and the pressure upon us.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:8
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:8)

וְאַפְּקָנָא יְיָ מִמִּצְרַיִם בִּידָא תַקִּיפָא וּבִדְרָעָא מְרָמְמָא וּבְחֶזְוָנָא רַבָּא וּבְאָתִין וּבְמוֹפְתִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
‘‘And Adonoy took us out of Egypt with a powerful hand and with an extended arm, and with great display, and with signs, and with wonders.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:9
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:9)

וְאַיְתָנָא לְאַתְרָא הָדֵין וִיהַב לָנָא יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא אַרְעָא עָבְדָא חֲלַב וּדְבָשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
‘‘And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing milk and honey.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:10
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:10)

וּכְעַן הָא אַיְתֵתִי יָת רֵישׁ אִבָּא דְאַרְעָא דִּיהַבְתְּ לִי יְיָ וְתַחְתִנֵיהּ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וְתִסְגּוּד קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now, see! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me Adonoy.’’ And you shall then place it before Adonoy, your God, and you will prostrate yourself in the presence of Adonoy, your God.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:11
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:11)

וְתֶחֱדֵי בְכָל טַבְתָא דִּי יְהַב לָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ **וְלֶאֱנַשׁ** בֵּיתָךְ אַתְּ וְלֵוָאֵי וְגִיּוֹרָא דִּי בֵינָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall rejoice with all the good that Adonoy, your God, gave you and [**the members of**] your household; you, the levi, and the proselyte in your midst.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:12
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:12)

אֲרֵי תְשֵׁצֵי לְעַשָּׂרָא יָת כָּל מַעֲשַׂר עֲלַלְתָּךְ בְּשַׁתָּא תְלִיתָאָה שְׁנַת מַעְשְׂרָא וְתִתֵּן לְלֵוָאֵי לְגִיּוֹרָא לְיִתַּמָּא וּלְאַרְמְלָא וְיֵכְלוּן בְּקִרְוָיךְ וְיִשְׂבְּעוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you finish tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe; and you have given to the Levi, to the proselyte, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your portals to their satisfaction;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:13
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:13)

וְתֵימַר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ פַּלֵּתִי קֹדֶשׁ **מַעְשְׂרָא** מִן בֵּיתָא וְאַף יְהָבִתֵּיהּ לְלֵוָאֵי וּלְגִיּוֹרָא לְיִתַּמָּא וּלְאַרְמְלָא כְּכָל פִּקּוּדָךְ דִּי פַקִּדְתַּנִי לָא עֲבָרִית מִפִּקּוּדָיךְ וְלָא אִתִּנְשֵׁיתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall declare before Adonoy, your God, ‘‘I have divested my estate of sacred [**tithe**] material, and I have also presented it to the Levi and also to the proselyte, the orphan, and the widow, totally according to Your command that You commanded me; I did not transgress any of Your commandments nor did I forget.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:14
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:14)

לָא אֲכָלִית בְּאֶבְלִי מִנֵּיהּ וְלָא **פַלֵּתִי** מִנֵּיהּ בְּדִמְסָאָב וְלָא יְהָבִית מִנֵּיהּ לְמִית קַבֵּלִית **לְמֵימְרָא** דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָי עֲבָדִית כְּכֹל דִּי פַקִּדְתַּנִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I did not eat of it when grieving, nor did I devour it when ritually defiled, nor did I make use of it for the dead; I have heeded the voice [**word**] of Adonoy, my God; I have fulfilled everything that You commanded me.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:15
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:15)

אִסְתְּכִי מִמְּדוֹר קָדְשָׁךְ מִן שְׁמַיָּא וּבָרֵךְ יָת עַמָּךְ יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָת אַרְעָא דִּי יְהַבְתְּ לָנָא כְּמָא דִי קַיֶּמְתָּא לַאֲבָהָתָנָא אֲרַע עָבְדָא חֲלַב וּדְבָשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
View, from Your sacred residence, from the heavens, and bless Your people, Yisroel and the soil which You have given us, as You swore to our forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:16
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:16)

יוֹמָא הָדֵין יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מְפַקְּדָךְ לְמֶעְבַּד יָת קְיָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין וְיָת דִּינַיָּא וְתִטַּר וְתַעְבֵּד יָתְהוֹן בְּכָל לִבָּךְ וּבְכָל נַפְשָׁךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This very day, Adonoy, your God, commands you to perform these statutes and the laws; you shall observe and perform them wholeheartedly and with your whole being.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:17
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:17)

יָת יְיָ חֲטַבְתָּ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמֶהֱוֵי לָךְ לֶאֱלָהּ וְלִמְהַךְ בְּאָרְחָן **דְּתָקְנָן קֳדָמוֹהִי** וּלְמִטַּר קְיָמוֹהִי וּפִקּוּדוֹהִי וְדִינוֹהִי **וּלְקַבָּלָא בְמֵימְרֵיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy, you have distinguised today to be a God for you and to go in His ways [**which are proper before Him**] and to guard His statutes and His commandments and His laws, and to obey Him [**accept His word**].


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:18
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/26:18)

וַייָ חָטְבָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמֶהֱוֵי לֵיהּ לְעַם חַבִּיב כְּמָא דִי מַלִּיל לָךְ וּלְמִטַּר כָּל פִּקּוּדוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And Adonoy has distinguished you today to be for Him a treasured people as He said to you, and to guard all His commandments.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 26:19
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וּלְמִתְּנָךְ עִלָּאָה עַל כָּל עַמְמַיָּא דִּי עֲבַד לְתֻשְׁבָּחָא וּלְשׁוּם וְלִרְבוּ וּלְמֶהֱוָךְ עַם קַדִּישׁ **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ כְּמָא דִי מַלִּיל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And to place you superior to all the nations whom He made, for praise and for renown and for glory, and so that you may be a people sanctified to [**before**] Adonoy, your God, as He said.