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Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples; but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments, 10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face. 11 You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.

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The Lord Keeps His Covenant

“It wasn’t because you were more numerous than other nations[a] of the earth that the Lord committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.[b] 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,[c] from the control of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Know that the Lord your God is God, the trusted God who faithfully keeps his covenant to the thousandth generation of those who love him and obey his commands. 10 But for the one who hates him, he will repay him by destroying him. He will not delay dealing with someone who hates him. 11 Therefore, keep the commands, decrees, and ordinances that I am instructing you to obey today.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:7 Lit. peoples
  2. Deuteronomy 7:7 Lit. peoples
  3. Deuteronomy 7:8 Lit. from the house of slaveries