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but you, you will belong to me as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”[a]

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  1. Exodus 19:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

“I am Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness,
    and I have grasped your hand and watched over you;
and I have given you as a covenant of the people,
    as a light of the nations,

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But you are a chosen race,[a] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

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  1. 1 Peter 2:9 Or “people,” or “generation,” or “nation”