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Summary

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

To be a special

General references

Bible References

An holy

Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:19
Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.
Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
Exodus 19:5
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Psalm 50:5
He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was set apart to the Lord; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them," says the Lord.'"
Amos 3:2
"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
2 Peter 2:5
and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

To be a special

Malachi 3:17
"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

General references

Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
1 Samuel 8:20
We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles."

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