19 For I have [a](A)chosen him, so that he may (B)command his children and his household after him to (C)keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham (D)what He has spoken about him.”

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  1. Genesis 18:19 Lit known

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

32 “Indeed, (A)ask now about the earlier days that were [a]before your time, since the (B)day that God created [b]mankind on the earth, and inquire (C)from one end of the heavens to the other. (D)Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? 33 (E)Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and survived? 34 (F)Or has a god ventured to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation (G)by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, (H)by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, [c]just as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord, He is God; (I)there is no other besides Him. 36 (J)Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice (K)to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire. 37 (L)Because He loved your fathers, He chose [d]their descendants after them. And He [e](M)personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:32 Lit before you
  2. Deuteronomy 4:32 Or Adam
  3. Deuteronomy 4:34 Lit according to all that
  4. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit his seed
  5. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit with His presence

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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:6 Lit ground

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