Exodus 19:5

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So now I tell you to obey my commands. Keep my Agreement. If you do this, then you will be my own special people. The whole world belongs to me. But I am choosing you to be my own special people.

Cross References

Genesis 17:9

And God said to Abraham, “Now, this is your part of the agreement. You and all your descendants [95] will obey my agreement.

1 Kings 8:53

You have chosen them from all the peoples of the earth to be your own special people. Lord, you promised to do that for us. You used your servant Moses at the time you brought our ancestors [115] out of Egypt.”

1 Chronicles 17:22

You took Israel to be your people forever. And Lord, you became their God!

Job 41:11

I (God) owe no person anything.\par Everything under heaven belongs to me. {\cf2\super [102]} \par

Job 41:3

Will Leviathan beg you to let him go free?\par Will he speak to you with gentle words?\par

Psalm 135:4

The Lord chose Jacob. {\cf2\super [626]} \par Israel belongs to God.\par

Psalm 24:1

The earth and everything on it\par belong to the Lord.\par The world and all its people\par belong to him.\par

Psalm 25:10

The Lord is kind and true to people\par who follow his Agreement and promises. {\cf2\super [152]} \par

Exodus 15:26

The Lord said, “You must obey the Lord, your God. You must do the things he says are right. If you obey all the Lord’s commands and laws, then you will not be sick like the Egyptians. I, the Lord, will not give you any of the sicknesses I gave the Egyptians. I am the Lord. I am the one who makes you well.”

Exodus 23:22

You must obey everything he says. You must do everything that I tell you. If you do this, then I will be with you. I will be against all of your enemies. And I will be an enemy to every person who is against you.”

Exodus 24:7

Moses read the scroll with the special Agreement written on it. Moses read the Agreement so all the people could hear him. And the people said, “We have heard {the laws that the Lord has given us}. And we agree to obey them.”

Exodus 34:9

“Lord, if you are pleased with me, then please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people. But forgive us for the bad things we did! Accept us as your people.”

Exodus 6:7

You will be my people and I will be your God. I am the Lord your God, and you will know that I made you free from Egypt.

Exodus 8:22

But I will not treat the people of Israel the same as the Egyptian people. There will not be any flies in Goshen, where my people live. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.

Exodus 9:29

Moses told Pharaoh, “When I leave the city, I will lift my arms in prayer to the Lord. And the thunder and hail will stop. Then you will know that the Lord is in this land.

Isaiah 1:19

“If you listen to the things I say, then you will have the good things from this land.

Isaiah 41:8

\{The Lord says\}:

Isaiah 43:1

Jacob, the Lord made you! Israel, the Lord made you! And now the Lord says, “Don’t be afraid! I saved you. I named you. You are mine.

Jeremiah 10:16

But Jacob’s God {\cf2\super [83]} is not like those idols.\par God made everything.\par And Israel is the family that God chose to be his own people.\par God’s name is “Lord All-Powerful.”\par

Jeremiah 13:11

A loincloth is wrapped tightly around a man’s waist. In the same way, I wrapped all the family of Israel and all the family of Judah around me.” This message is from the Lord.” I did that so those people would be my people. Then my people would bring fame, praise, and honor to me. But my people would not listen to me.”

Jeremiah 7:23

I only gave them this command: ‘Obey me and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do all that I command, and good things will happen to you.

Ezekiel 16:8

I looked you over. I saw you were ready for love. So I spread my clothes over you {\cf2\super [118]} and covered your nakedness. I promised to marry you. I made the agreement {\cf2\super [119]} with you. And you became mine.’” The Lord my Master said these things.

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!

Amos 3:2

“There are many families on earth. But you are the only family I chose to know in a special way. \{And you turned against me.\} So I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 6:1

Oh, it will be very bad for you people taking it easy in Zion, {\cf2\super [75]} \par and for you people who feel so safe on Mount Samaria.\par You are “important” leaders\par of the most important nation!\par The “House of Israel”\par comes to you \{for advice\}!\par

Malachi 3:17

You have taught wrong things. And those wrong teachings made the Lord very sad. You taught that God likes people that do bad things. You said God thinks those people are good. And you taught that God does not punish people for doing bad things.

1 Corinthians 10:26

\{You can eat it\}, “because the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.” {\cf2\super [76]}

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if a person tells you, “That food was offered to idols, {\cf2\super [77]} ” then don’t eat it. Why? Because some people think it is wrong, and it might cause a problem for the person who told you that.

Deuteronomy 10:14

“Everything belongs to the Lord your God. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to the Lord. The earth and everything on it belong to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 11:27

You will get the blessing if you listen and obey the commands of the Lord your God that I have told you today.

Deuteronomy 14:2

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.

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 26:18

And today the Lord has accepted you to be his own people. He has promised you this. The Lord also said that you must obey all his commands.

Deuteronomy 26:19

The Lord will make you greater than all the nations he made. He will give you praise, fame, and honor. And you will be his own special people—just like he promised.”

Deuteronomy 28:1

“Now, if you will be careful to obey the Lord your God and follow all his commands that I tell you today, then the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations on earth.

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 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 5:2

The Lord our God made an agreement with us at Mount Horeb (Sinai).

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 9:29

But they are your people, Lord. They belong to you. You brought them out of Egypt with your great power and strength.

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.

Hebrews 11:8

God called Abraham to travel to another place that God promised to give Abraham. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But Abraham obeyed God and started traveling, because Abraham had faith.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the agreement\par that I gave to their fathers.\par That is the agreement I gave\par when I took them by the hand\par and led them out of Egypt.\par They did not continue following the agreement I gave them,\par and I turned away from them,\par says the Lord.\par

Joshua 24:24

Then the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him.”

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.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices [138] or obeying the Lord’s command? It is better to obey God than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat from rams.