Deuteronomy 7:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God chose you to be his people, his treasured possession from all the nations^[a] on the face of the earth.”

The Lord Keeps His Covenant

⁷ “It wasn’t because you were more numerous than other nations^[b] of the earth that the Lord committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.^{[c] 8} But the Lord loved you and kept his oath that he made to your ancestors. The Lord brought you out with great power from slavery,^[d] from the control of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.