Lenten Saeson Study Old Testament –Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Chapter 26 concludes the section on the stipulations of the covenant renewal document by requiring two rituals and offering a concluding exhortation (26:1–19). The presentation of the first fruits (vv. 1–11) appears to refer to all the first fruits associated with the various annual pilgrimage feasts mentioned in Deuteronomy 16. It does not indicate the establishment of a new religious institution in Israel.