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For you are (A)a holy people to Yahweh your God; Yahweh your God has chosen you to be (B)a people for His [a]own treasured possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the [b]earth.

(C)Yahweh did not set His affection on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but because Yahweh loved you and kept the (D)oath which He swore to your fathers, (E)Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of [c]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:6 Or special treasure
  2. Deuteronomy 7:6 Lit ground
  3. Deuteronomy 7:8 Lit slaves

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)

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(E) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(F) of all peoples.(G) But it was because the Lord loved(H) you and kept the oath he swore(I) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(J) and redeemed(K) you from the land of slavery,(L) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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