Psalms 81:10-12
81:10 I am the Lord, your God,
the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
81:11 But my people did not obey me;
Israel did not submit to me.
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires;
they did what seemed right to them.
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 26:17-18
26:17 Today you have declared the
Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.
26:18 And today the
Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.
Deuteronomy 26:1
Presentation of the First Fruits
26:1 When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,
Deuteronomy 12:22-25
12:22 Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.
12:23 However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself
– you must not eat the life with the meat!
12:24 You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.
12:25 You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the
Lord’s sight.