² for you are a people holy^(A) to the Lord your God.^(B) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.^(C)

¹⁹ He has declared that he will set you in praise,^(A) fame and honor high above all the nations^(B) he has made and that you will be a people holy^(C) to the Lord your God, as he promised.

⁹ The Lord will establish you as his holy people,^(A) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands^(B) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him.

⁶ you^[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests^(A) and a holy nation.’^(B) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

³¹ “You are to be my holy people.^(A) So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;^(B) throw it to the dogs.

⁹ But you are a chosen people,^(A) a royal priesthood,^(B) a holy nation,^(C) God’s special possession,^(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(E)

⁵ Now if you obey me fully^(A) and keep my covenant,^(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.^(C) Although the whole earth^(D) is mine,