English: “Behold, I have brought” — this teaches that one brings [bikkurim] once and does not bring twice [in the same year].
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
Custom (A diyuk from the language of a completed act (“I have brought”) — the declaration is framed as a single annual presentation.)
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that the mitzvah of bikkurim is fulfilled once per year; the wording of the declaration reflects a single bringing rather than repeated presentations of the same season’s first fruits.