in orderthat He may establishyou todayas His peopleand that He may be your God,justas He spoketo you and as He sworeto your fathers,to Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob.
"I will establishMy covenantbetweenMe and you and your descendantsafteryou throughout their generationsfor an everlastingcovenant,to be Godto you and to your descendantsafteryou.
"I will giveto you and to your descendantsafteryou, the landof your sojournings,allthe landof Canaan,for an everlastingpossession;and I will be their God."
Then I will takeyou for My people,and I will be your God;and you shall knowthat I am the LORDyour God,who broughtyou out from underthe burdensof the Egyptians.
"They shall be My people,and I will be their God;
"The LORDwill establishyou as a holypeopleto Himself, as He sworeto you, ifyou keepthe commandmentsof the LORDyour Godand walkin His ways.
that you may enterinto the covenantwith the LORDyour God,and into His oathwhichthe LORDyour Godis makingwith you today,
"For you are a holypeopleto the LORDyour God;the LORDyour Godhas chosenyou to be a peoplefor His own possessionout of allthe peopleswhoare on the faceof the earth.
But as it is, they desirea better[country], that is, a heavenly one.ThereforeGodis not ashamedto be calledtheir God;for He has prepareda cityfor them.
