Deuteronomy 26:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘I now acknowledge to the Lord my God that I have entered the land that he promised our ancestors to give us.’

⁴ “The priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵ Then, in the Lord's presence you will recite these words: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.