Exodus 19:5-6
19:5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me
and keep
my covenant, then you will be my
special possession
out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
19:6 and you will be to me
a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation.’
These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
Deuteronomy 7:6
7:6 For you are a people holy
to the
Lord your God. He
has chosen you to be his people, prized
above all others on the face of the earth.
Psalms 135:4
135:4 Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel to be his special possession.
Psalms 135:1
Psalm 135
135:1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord!
Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,
Psalms 2:9
2:9 You will break them with an iron scepter;
you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”