This chapter treats of the basket of firstfruits to be brought and presented to the Lord, and the confession to be made along with it, De 26:1; and of the declaration to be made on the third year, the year of tithing, and the prayer annexed to it, De 26:12; and of the covenant made in a solemn manner between God and the people of Israel, De 26:16.
Ver. 1. And it shall be, when thou [art] come in unto the land,.... The land of Canaan, which they were now on the borders of, and just entering into:which the Lord thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance; which is often mentioned, to observe that it was not through their merits, but his gift, that they should enjoy the land; and the rather here to enforce the following law concerning the basket of firstfruits:and possessest it, and dwellest therein; not only had entered into it, but got the possession of it, and settled there.