Set it down before the altar of the LORD your God: here your is singular again, but this time it refers to the man who is making the offering.

In verse 10 it is the man himself, and not the priest, as here, who places the basket in front of the altar. For altar see 7.5.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .