(A)The Lord did not [a]make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the Lord loved you and kept the (B)oath which He swore to your forefathers, (C)the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of [b]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:7 Or become so attached to
  2. Deuteronomy 7:8 Lit slaves

It is (A)not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land, [a]but it is because of the [b]wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm (B)the [c]oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“Know, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are (C)a [d]stubborn people.

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  1. Deuteronomy 9:5 Or for
  2. Deuteronomy 9:5 Or godlessness
  3. Deuteronomy 9:5 Lit word
  4. Deuteronomy 9:6 Lit stiff-necked

32 I am not doing this (A)for your sake,” declares the Lord God; “let that be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your ways, house of Israel!”

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