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Deuteronomy 26:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Deuteronomy 26:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 The priest will then take the basket out of your hand and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord, your God. 5 You shall declare before the Lord, your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean,[a] and he went down into Egypt with a few people and he dwelt there becoming a great nation, powerful and numerous. 6 The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us and forced us to do hard labor.
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- Deuteronomy 26:5 A wandering Aramean: likely a reference to Jacob and to the patriarchs from Aram-naharaim (see Gen 24:10; 25:20; 31:20).
