Deuteronomy 14:2

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Why? Because you are different from other people. You are the Lord’s special people. From all the people in the world, the Lord your God chose you to be his own special people.

Cross References

Ezra 9:2

The people of Israel have married the people living around us. The people of Israel are supposed to be special. But now they are mixed with the other people living around them. The leaders and important officials of the people of Israel have set a bad example in this thing.”

Isaiah 41:9

You were in a far away country,\par but I reached out to you.\par I called you from that faraway place.\par I said, ‘You are my servant.’\par I chose you.\par And I have not rejected you.\par

Isaiah 6:13

But a tenth of the people will be allowed to stay in the land. These people will return \{to the Lord\} even though they were to be destroyed. These people will be like an oak tree. When the tree is chopped down, a stump is left. This stump (the people remaining) is a very special seed.

Isaiah 62:12

His people will be called:\par “The Holy People,”\par “The Saved People of the Lord.”\par And Jerusalem will be called:\par “The City God Wants,”\par “The City God Is With.”\par

Jeremiah 2:3

The people of Israel were a holy gift\par to the Lord.\par They were the first fruit to be gathered\par by the Lord.\par Any people that tried to hurt them\par were judged guilty.\par Bad things happened to those\par wicked people.’”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Ezekiel 21:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [154]} look toward Jerusalem and speak against their holy places. Speak against the land of Israel for me.

Daniel 12:7

“The man dressed in linen {\cf2\super [136]} and standing over the water lifted his right and left hands toward heaven. And I heard him make a promise using the name of God who lives forever. He said, ‘It will be for three and one-half years. {\cf2\super [137]} The power of the holy people will be broken, and then all these things will finally come true.’

Daniel 8:24

This king will be very powerful—but his power does not come from himself. {\cf2\super [97]} This king will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in everything he does. He will destroy powerful people—even God’s special people.

Leviticus 11:45

I brought you people from Egypt. I did this so you could be my special people and I could be your God. I am holy, so you must be holy too!”

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: I am the Lord your God! I am holy, so you must be holy!

Leviticus 20:24

“I have told you that you will get their land. I will give their land to you. It will be your land! It is a land filled with many good things. [365] I am the Lord your God!

Leviticus 20:26

I have made you my special people. So you must be holy for me! Why? Because I am the Lord, and I am holy!

Romans 12:1

So brothers and sisters, I beg you to do something. God has shown us great mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice {\cf2\super [130]} to God. Your offering must be only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual way for you to worship (serve) God.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“Don’t eat any animal that has died by itself. You may give the dead animal to the foreigner in your town, and he can eat it. Or you may sell the dead animal to a foreigner. But you yourselves must not eat the dead animal. Why? Because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord will make you his own special people, like he promised. The Lord will do this if you follow the Lord your God and obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, the Lord loves his people. All his holy people are in his hand. They sit at his feet and learn his teachings!

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt and made you his own special people. It was as if the Lord reached into a hot furnace for melting iron and pulled you out of that fire. And now you are his people!

Deuteronomy 7:6

Why? Because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people that belong only to him.

Deuteronomy 7:7

Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.