Deuteronomy 7:5-7

New International Version

⁵ This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles^[a](A) and burn their idols in the fire.^{(B) 6} For you are a people holy^(C) to the Lord your God.^(D) The Lord your God has chosen^(E) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.^(F)

⁷ The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous^(G) than other peoples, for you were the fewest^(H) of all peoples.^(I)