Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’
Deuteronomy 14:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations on the earth. American Standard Version (1901) For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. Common English Bible because you are a people holy to the LORD your God. You are the ones whom the LORD selected to be his own, to be a treasured people out of all other people on earth. Catholic Public Domain Version For you are a holy people, for the Lord your God. And he chose you, so that you may be a people particularly his, out of all the nations on earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth. |
Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are my servant; I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.
Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak that leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump.
And they will be called the Holy People, the Lord’s Redeemed; and you will be called Cared For, A City Not Deserted.
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
‘Son of man, face Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,
Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the water of the river. He raised both his hands , towards heaven and swore by him who lives eternally that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people is shattered, all these things will be completed.
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause outrageous destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the powerful along with the holy people.
For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.
‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God who set you apart from the peoples.
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
‘You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident foreigner within your city gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he swore to you, if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways.
Indeed he loves the people. , All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words.
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.
For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
‘The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
But you are a chosen race, ,, a royal priesthood, , a holy nation, , a people for his possession, , so that you may proclaim the praises ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.