Lenten Season · First Sunday of Lent · Year C
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
The Confession of First Fruits
March 5, 2028
Overview & Insights
"A wandering Aramean was my ancestor... and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand." (Deuteronomy 26:5, 8)
Moses instructs Israel that once settled in the land, each worshiper is to bring the first fruits of the harvest and recite a short creed recounting their ancestors' homelessness and God's rescue from slavery. The offering ties gratitude for present abundance directly to memory of past vulnerability.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Working Preacher
Written specifically for this passage as the RCL/Catholic Lent 1 first reading.
CEP: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching-focused reading of the same first-fruits text.
Enduring Word: Deuteronomy 26 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse commentary on the first-fruits ceremony and its creed.
BibleHub: Deuteronomy 26 Commentaries BibleHub
Several classic commentators stacked at verse 4.
Precept Austin: Deuteronomy 26 Commentary Precept Austin
A fifth distinct voice, verse by verse, on the offering and the recited creed.
Background & Word Study
BibleHub Interlinear: Deuteronomy 26:5 BibleHub
The Hebrew of arami oved avi (a wandering Aramean was my father) in context.
Sefaria: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Sefaria
The Hebrew text with Jewish translation, the source of the Passover Haggadah's use of this creed.
BibleProject: Book of Deuteronomy Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of Deuteronomy's covenant-renewal structure.
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