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Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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ASV

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עַ֤ם'am[are] a peopleH5971 →
קָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshholyH6918 →
אַתָּ֔ה'a.TahyouH859 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
בְּךָ֞be.Kha<in> <the> you
בָּחַ֣ר׀ba.Charhe has chosenH977 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto becomeH1961 →
לוֹ֙lofor <the> him
לְעַ֣םle.'Am<into> a people ofH5971 →
סְגֻלָּ֔הse.gu.LahpossessionH5459 →
מִכֹּל֙mi.Kolfrom allH3605 →
הָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עַל־'al-[are] onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ סha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →

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Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.Deuteronomy 26:19that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.1 Corinthians 6:19–20Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;Exodus 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”Leviticus 20:26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Psalms 50:5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”Deuteronomy 28:9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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