Halakhah for Deuteronomy 26:3
וּבָאתָ֙ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו הִגַּ֤דְתִּי הַיּוֹם֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כִּי־בָ֙אתִי֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהוָ֛ה לַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ לָ֥תֶת לָֽנוּ׃
And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him: ‘I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the land which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.’
Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents
LAWS OF FIRST-FRUITS AND OTHER GIFTS TO THE PRIESTS OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY.
These comprise nine precepts, of which eight are affirmative and one is a negative precept. The following is their detailed statement: 1) to set apart first-fruits and bring them to the Sanctuary; 2) that the priest (to whom they are presented) shall not eat the first-fruits outside Jerusalem; 3) to read the prescribed declaration (Deut. 26:3 and 5-11), when presenting the first-fruits; 4) to set apart a cake of dough for the priest; 5) to give the shoulder, the two cheeks and the maw (of a beast killed for food) to the priest; 6) to give to the priest the first fleece (at the shearing); 7) to redeem the first-born, if a son, and to give the redemption-money to the priest; 8) to redeem the firstling of an ass and give a Iamb in its stead, to the priest; 9) to break the neck of the firstling of an ass, if the owner does not wish to redeem it.
These comprise nine precepts, of which eight are affirmative and one is a negative precept. The following is their detailed statement: 1) to set apart first-fruits and bring them to the Sanctuary; 2) that the priest (to whom they are presented) shall not eat the first-fruits outside Jerusalem; 3) to read the prescribed declaration (Deut. 26:3 and 5-11), when presenting the first-fruits; 4) to set apart a cake of dough for the priest; 5) to give the shoulder, the two cheeks and the maw (of a beast killed for food) to the priest; 6) to give to the priest the first fleece (at the shearing); 7) to redeem the first-born, if a son, and to give the redemption-money to the priest; 8) to redeem the firstling of an ass and give a Iamb in its stead, to the priest; 9) to break the neck of the firstling of an ass, if the owner does not wish to redeem it.
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