Deuteronomy 14:2
2 For syou are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18
18 And the Lord has declared today that you are oa people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,