You made the people of Israel your very own people forever. And Lord, you became their God.
Deuteronomy 26:18 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord has declared this day that you are His peculiar people as He promised you, and you are to keep all His commandments; American Standard Version (1901) and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; Common English Bible Today the LORD has gotten your agreement that you will be his treasured people, just like he promised—by keeping his commandments— Catholic Public Domain Version Today, the Lord has chosen you, so that you may be his particular people, just as he has spoken to you, and so that you may keep all his precepts, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord hath chosen thee this day, to be his peculiar people, as he hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his commandments: |
You made the people of Israel your very own people forever. And Lord, you became their God.
The Lord chose Jacob. {\cf2\super [626]} \par Israel belongs to God.\par
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.
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.”
I have made you my special people. So you must be holy for me! Why? Because I am the Lord, and I am holy!
At that time, I will bring you back.\par I will bring you back together.\par I will make you famous.\par People everywhere will praise you.\par That will happen when I bring back the prisoners before your very own eyes!”\par The Lord said those things.\par
But that secret truth has now been shown to us. And that truth has been made known to all people. It has been made known by the things the prophets {\cf2\super [164]} wrote. This is what God commanded. And that secret truth has been made known to all people, so that they can believe and obey God. God lives forever.
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.
So you must do everything that the Lord your God tells you. You must obey his commands and his laws that I am giving you today.”
“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.
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.
With this agreement, the Lord is making you his own special people. And he himself will become your God. He told you this. He promised this to your ancestors [189] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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!
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.
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.
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.