6 “For ^pyou are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be ^pa people for his treasured possession, out 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,

15 And he said to him, ^c“Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, ^dmy clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”