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For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God; the Lord, your God, has chosen you from all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people specially his own.(A)

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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Therefore, keep the commandments of the Lord, your God, by walking in his ways and fearing him.

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Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him(A) and revering him.(B)

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The Lord’s Majesty and Compassion. 12 (A)Now, therefore, Israel, what does the Lord, your God, ask of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and with your whole being,(B) 13 to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord that I am commanding you today for your own well-being?(C)

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Fear the Lord

12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you(A) but to fear(B) the Lord your God, to walk(C) in obedience to him, to love him,(D) to serve the Lord(E) your God with all your heart(F) and with all your soul,(G) 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?(I)

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22 (A)For if you are careful to observe this entire commandment I am giving you, loving the Lord, your God, following his ways exactly, and holding fast to him,

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22 If you carefully observe(A) all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love(B) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast(C) to him—

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For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God; the Lord, your God, has chosen you from all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people specially his own.(A)

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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)

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Moses, with the levitical priests, then said to all Israel: Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the Lord, your God.(A)

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Curses From Mount Ebal

Then Moses and the Levitical(A) priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God.(B)

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Chapter 28

Blessings for Obedience. Now,(A)(B) if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord, your God, carefully observing all his commandments which I give you today, the Lord, your God, will set you high above all the nations of the earth.(C)

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Blessings for Obedience

28 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow(A) all his commands(B) I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.(C)

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The Lord will establish you as a holy people, as he swore to you,(A) if you keep the commandments of the Lord, your God, and walk in his ways.

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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.

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12 so that he may establish you today as his people and he may be your God, as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 13 (A)But it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant, with its curse,

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12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people,(A) that he may be your God(B) as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God;(A) and you will know that I, the Lord, am your God who has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians

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I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(A) Then you will know(B) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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Now, if you obey me completely and keep my covenant,[a] you will be my treasured possession among all peoples,(A) though all the earth is mine. You will be to me a kingdom of priests,[b] a holy nation.(B) That is what you must tell the Israelites.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:5 Covenant: while covenants between individuals and between nations are ubiquitous in the ancient Near East, the adaptation of this concept to express the relationship that will henceforth characterize God’s relationship to Israel represents an important innovation of biblical faith. Other gods might “choose” nations to fulfill a special destiny or role in the world; but only Israel’s God is bound to a people by covenant. Thereby Israel’s identity as a people is put upon a foundation that does not depend upon the vicissitudes of Israelite statehood or the normal trappings of national existence. Israel will be a covenant people.
  2. 19:6 Kingdom of priests: inasmuch as this phrase is parallel to “holy nation,” it most likely means that the whole Israelite nation is set apart from other nations and so consecrated to God, or holy, in the way priests are among the people (cf. Is 61:6; 1 Pt 2:5, 9).

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, you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. You

Taking the book of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, “All that the Lord has said, we will hear and do.”

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Then he took the Book of the Covenant(A) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(B)

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12 Ever present in your midst, I will be your God, and you will be my people;

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12 I will walk(A) among you and be your God,(B) and you will be my people.(C)

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