37 And because he ⁿloved your fathers and chose their offspring after them¹ and brought you out of Egypt ^owith his own presence, by his great power, 38 driving out before you nations ^pgreater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,

6 ^r“For you are a people ^sholy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has ^tchosen you to be ^ua people for his treasured possession, ^vout of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the Lord ^wloves you and is keeping ^xthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

14 Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the ^oheaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord set his heart in ^plove on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.

2 ^sFor you are a people ^tholy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, ^uout of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.