When it happens that you come to the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you as territory, and you inherit it and settle it;

And it shall be, when thou art come in to the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and dost possess it and dost dwelt therein:

And it shall be, when you come to the land that the L-rd your G-d gives to you as an inheritance, and you inherit it and dwell in it [(The mitzvah of bikkurim did not obtain until they had conquered and apportioned the land)],

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.

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 gives thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Then you shall take of the first [(tying a band around the first fruit to ripen and designating it as bikkurim)] of all the fruits of the earth [the seven distinctive species of Eretz Yisrael] that you bring from your land that the L-rd your G-d gives unto you, and you shall put them in a basket and go to the place wherein the L-rd your G-d chooses to repose His name.

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 Adonoy, your God, that I have arrived in the land that Adonoy swore to our forefathers to give us.’’

And thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I profess this day to the Lord thy God, that I am come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.

And you shall come to the Cohein who shall be in those days [(whoever he may be)], and you shall say to him [(that you are not remiss in gratitude)]: I have professed this day [(Bikkurim are offered once a year, not twice)] to the L-rd your G-d that I have come to the land which the L-rd swore to our forefathers to give us.

The kohein shall then take the basket from your hand, and he will place it before the altar of Adonoy, your God.

And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

And the Cohein shall take the basket from your hand [to wave it (The Cohein places his hand under that of the owner and waves it)], and he shall place it before the altar of the L-rd your G-d.

And you shall then proclaim and say before Adonoy, your God, ‘‘ the Aramite destroy[ed] my forefather, then he descended to Egypt and sojourned there with a tiny community; and there he became a great people, powerful and numerous.

And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, An Arammian nomad was my father, and he went down to Miżrayim, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

And you shall lift your voice and say before the L-rd your G-d: An Aramean [Lavan] destroyed my father [(Lavan intended to root out the entire nation in pursuing Jacob, and the evil intent of the gentiles is accounted as the act)], and, [after Lavan, others sought to destroy us; for after this] he went down to Egypt. And he lived there in scant number, [seventy souls], and he became there a great, mighty, and populous nation.

‘‘The Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and they imposed hard labor upon us.

and the Miżrim dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

And Egypt wrought evil unto us, and they afflicted us, and they placed us under hard labor.

‘‘We prayed to Adonoy, God of our forefathers, and Adonoy accepted our prayer, and perceived our oppression, and our labor, and the pressure upon us.

and when we cried to the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

And we cried out to the L-rd, the G-d of our fathers. And the L-rd heard our voices, and He saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

‘‘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.

and the Lord brought us out of Miżrayim with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

And the L-rd took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great fear, and with signs and with wonders.

‘‘And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing milk and honey.

and he brought us to this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And He brought us to this place [the Temple], and He gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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.

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:

And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the land, which You, O L-rd, have given to me. Then you shall place it before the L-rd your G-d, [(the bearer having taken it after the Cohein's waving and having held it in his hand during his declaration, after which it was again waved)], and you shall bow down before the L-rd your G-d.

You shall rejoice with all the good that Adonoy, your God, gave you and your household; you, the levi, and the proselyte in your midst.

and thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God has given thee, and thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

And you shall rejoice in all the good that the L-rd your G-d has given you and your household [(The bikkurim declaration is recited only in a time of rejoicing — from Shavuoth until Succoth — when one gathers his grain, his fruits, his wine and his oil. From Succoth on, he brings the bikkurim but does not recite the declaration)], you and the Levite [(from what was planted in their cities)], and the stranger in your midst. [He brings bikkurim, but does not recite the declaration, ("to our forefathers" (3), not applying in this instance.)]

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;

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thy produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be replete;

When you finish tithing [(by Pesach of the fourth year)] all the tithe of your produce of the third year, the year of the tithe [i.e., when there obtains only one tithe (ma'aser rishon) of the two tithes (ma'aser rishon and ma'aser sheni) of the two preceding years, (ma'aser ani replacing ma'aser sheni in the third year)], and you have given [ma'aser rishon] to the Levite, and [ma'aser ani ("the poor tithe")] to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, that they shall eat in your gates and be sated [(Give them enough for "satiety")],

You shall declare before Adonoy, your God, ‘‘I have divested my estate of sacred 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.

then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have removed the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

Then you shall say before the L-rd your G-d [(Declare that you have given your tithes)]: I have removed the holy thing [ma'aser sheni and neta revai (see Leviticus 27:30 and 19:24)] from the house [If he delayed bringing his tithes of the first two years to Jerusalem, he must do so now], and I have also [(Terumah and bikkurim are hereby included)] given it [ma'aser rishon] to the Levite, and [ma'aser ani] to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, according to all of Your mitzvah that You commanded me [(I gave all of the tithes in their proper order)]. I did not depart from Your mitzvoth [(I did not tithe from one species for another or from the new for the old)], and I did not forget [to bless You at the tithing].

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 of Adonoy, my God; I have fulfilled everything that You commanded me.

I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I consumed any part of it when unclean, nor given of it for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

I did not eat in my mourning of it, [it being forbidden to a mourner], and I did not remove of it in uncleanliness, [whether I were unclean, and it (the tithe) clean; or, I, clean, and it, unclean], and I did not give of it for the dead [for the making of casket and shrouds]. I have hearkened to the voice of the L-rd my G-d [(I have brought it to the Temple)]. I have done according to all that You commanded me [(I rejoiced, and I rejoiced others therewith)].

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.’’

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Yisra᾽el, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Look down from Your holy abode, from the heavens, and bless Your people, Israel, and the land which You have given us [We have done (with respect to the tithes) what You decreed upon us — You do what You have promised us (viz. Leviticus 26:3-4)] — just as You swore unto our fathers a land flowing with milk and honey [and You fulfilled what You promised them].

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.

This day the Lord thy God has commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

This day the L-rd your G-d commands you to do these statutes and the judgments [(Let them always be new in your eyes, as if He is commanding you "this day.")] [A heavenly voice blesses the bringer of bikkurim, viz.]: And [as you have brought bikkurim this day], may you [merit to] keep and do them [the following year] with all your heart and with all your soul.

Adonoy, you have distinguised today to be a God for you and to go in His ways and to guard His statutes and His commandments and His laws, and to obey Him.

Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken to his voice:

The L-rd did single you out this day to be to you as a G-d, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His mitzvoth, and His judgments, and to heed His voice.

And Adonoy has distinguished you today to be for Him a treasured people as He said to you, and to guard all His commandments.

and the Lord has avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised thee, and that thou shouldst keep all his commandments;

And the L-rd did single you out this day to be to Him as a chosen people, as He spoke to you [Exodus 19:5], and to keep all of His mitzvoth.

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 Adonoy, your God, as He said.

and to make thee high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayst be a holy people to the Lord thy God, as he has spoken.

And to exalt you above all of the nations that He made — for praise, name, and glory — and so that you be a holy people to the L-rd your G-d, as He spoke [Exodus 20:26].