3 You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to the Lord your God, that I have come to the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.”
4 The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the Lord your God’s altar.
5 You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
6 The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labour on us.
7 Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers. the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
8 the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;
9 and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.