申命記26:1-11

26:1 「你進去得了耶和華─你上帝所賜你為業之地居住，
26:2 就要從耶和華─你上帝賜你的地上將所收的各種初熟的土產取些來，盛在筐子裡，往耶和華─你上帝所選擇要立為他名的居所去，
26:3 見當時作祭司的，對他說：『我今日向耶和華─你上帝明認，我已來到耶和華向我們列祖起誓應許賜給我們的地。』
26:4 祭司就從你手裡取過筐子來，放在耶和華─你上帝的壇前。
26:5 你要在耶和華─你上帝面前說：『我祖原是一個將亡的亞蘭人，下到埃及寄居。他人口稀少，在那裡卻成了又大又強、人數很多的國民。
26:6 埃及人惡待我們，苦害我們，將苦工加在我們身上。
26:7 於是我們哀求耶和華─我們列祖的上帝，耶和華聽見我們的聲音，看見我們所受的困苦、勞碌、欺壓，
26:8 他就用大能的手和伸出來的膀臂，並大可畏的事與神蹟奇事，領我們出了埃及，
26:9 將我們領進這地方，把這流奶與蜜之地賜給我們。
26:10 耶和華啊，現在我把你所賜給我地上初熟的土產奉了來。』隨後你要把筐子放在耶和華─你上帝面前，向耶和華─你的上帝下拜。
26:11 你和利未人，並在你們中間寄居的，要因耶和華─你上帝所賜你和你家的一切福分歡樂。

 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, ² take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name ³ and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” ⁴ The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵ Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. ⁶ But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. ⁷ Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. ⁸ So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. ⁹ He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; ¹⁰ and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. ¹¹ Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

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    上帝要以色列人學習感恩，感謝上帝帶領他們出埃及，使他們得著上帝所應許的迦南地，並且有所收穫！尤其是初熟的果子要裝在框子裡面，看見祭司的時候，要對祭司說：「我今日向耶和華─你上帝明認，我已來到耶和華向我們列祖起誓應許賜給我們的地。」

    不僅如此，摩西在這裡也將禱詞教導以色列人：「我祖原是一個將亡的亞蘭人，下到埃及寄居。他人口稀少，在那裡卻成了又大又強、人數很多的國民。埃及人惡待我們，苦害我們，將苦工加在我們身上。於是我們哀求耶和華─我們列祖的上帝，耶和華聽見我們的聲音，看見我們所受的困苦、勞碌、欺壓，他就用大能的手和伸出來的膀臂，並大可畏的事與神蹟奇事，領我們出了埃及，將我們領進這地方，把這流奶與蜜之地賜給我們。耶和華啊，現在我把你所賜給我地上初熟的土產奉了來。」

    他們來奉獻出熟的果子之外，還要和祭司以及寄居的一起歡樂！讓我們看見，上帝要以色列人學習分享，尤其要使沒有產業的人一同受到照顧，這是上帝平均貧富的一個很重要的原則，這個原則也影響到今日得教會，願主保守教會也有分享的文化，使大家都不缺乏，感受到上帝的眷顧，歸榮耀給上帝！