⁴ ‘^(A)You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on ^(B)eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself. ⁵ Now then, ^(C)if you will indeed obey My voice and ^(D)keep My covenant, then you shall be ^(E)My ^[a]own possession among all the peoples, for ^(F)all the earth is Mine; ⁶ and you shall be to Me ^(G)a kingdom of priests and ^(H)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

⁶ For you are ^(A)a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be ^(B)a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ^[a]earth.

⁷ “^(C)The Lord did not ^[b]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, ⁸ but because the Lord loved you and kept the ^(D)oath which He swore to your forefathers, ^(E)the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of ^[c]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God, ^(F)He is God, ^(G)the faithful God, ^(H)who keeps ^[d]His covenant and ^[e]His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who ^(I)love Him and keep His commandments;

² For you are ^(A)a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a ^(B)people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

³ “^(C)You shall not eat any detestable thing.