Now then, (A)if you will indeed obey My voice and (B)keep My covenant, then you shall be (C)My [a]own possession among all the peoples, for (D)all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me (E)a kingdom of priests and (F)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

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  1. Exodus 19:5 Or special treasure

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

10 (A)He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as (B)the [a]apple of His eye.
11 (C)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers over its young,
(D)He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:10 Lit pupil

10 In a desert(A) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(B)
He shielded(C) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(D)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(E)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(F)

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