Deuteronomy 26:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ “And you shall come to the Priest appointed in those days and say to him, ‘This day, I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.’

⁴ “Then the Priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

⁵ “And you shall answer and say before the LORD your God, ‘A Syrian, my father, being ready to perish, went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a small company, and there grew to a great nation, mighty and full of people.