English: “And you shall answer and say” — just as there (the Levites’ declarations on Har Gerizim) it is in the Holy Tongue, so too here it is in the Holy Tongue.
In Sifrei: The midrash reads successive phrases of the declaration or the curse, assigning each a concrete referent or legal implication drawn from the surrounding narrative or parallel verses.
Type of Learning
R’ Yishmael #2 — Gezerah shavah. A gezeirah shavah from the parallel wording “ve’anu … ve’amru” used of the Levites.
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that the mikra bikkurim must be recited in Lashon HaKodesh.