For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign Lord, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”

主耶和华啊，你将他们从地上的万民中分别出来作你的产业，是照你领我们列祖出埃及的时候，藉你仆人摩西所应许的话。”

主耶和华啊，你将他们从地上万民中分别出来作你的产业，是照着你领我们列祖出埃及的时候，藉你仆人摩西所应许的。”

主耶和华啊，你将他们从地上万民中分别出来作你的产业，是照着你领我们列祖出埃及的时候，藉你仆人摩西所应许的。”

主耶和华啊，因为你把我们祖先带出埃及的时候，曾经借着你的仆人摩西应许将以色列人从万民中分别出来，作你自己的产业。”

主耶和华啊！因为你已经把他们从地上万族万民中分别出来，作自己的产业，正如你领我们的列祖出埃及的时候，藉着你的仆人摩西所应许的。”

主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上的萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的話。」

主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照着你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的。」

主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照着你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的。」

主耶和華啊，因為你把我們祖先帶出埃及的時候，曾經藉著你的僕人摩西應許將以色列人從萬民中分別出來，作你自己的產業。」

主耶和華啊！因為你已經把他們從地上萬族萬民中分別出來，作自己的產業，正如你領我們的列祖出埃及的時候，藉著你的僕人摩西所應許的。”

主永恆主啊，你將他們從地上萬族之民中分別出來、做你的產業，是照你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，由你僕人摩西經手所說過的話。』

主耶和華歟、爾由億兆中、區別斯民、為爾之業、如爾導我列祖出埃及時、藉爾僕摩西所言、○

上帝耶和華與、爾導我列祖出於埃及、命爾僕摩西、在億兆中、區別斯民、為爾所得。

主天主歟、曾在天下萬民中、區別以色列人、為主之子民、為主之子民原文作為主之業循主導我列祖出伊及時、託主之僕摩西所言者、○

For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

After all, you chose them out of all the nations in the world. You made them your very own people. You did it just as you had announced through your servant Moses. That’s when you brought out of Egypt our people of long ago. You are our Lord and King.”

For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”

For you, Lord GOD, have set them apart as your inheritance from all peoples of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.

For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord God.”

For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.”

For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

For You, Lord God, have set them apart as Your inheritance from all the people on earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought their ancestors out of Egypt.

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth,[ to be] thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.”

“ For the people of Israel belong to the Lord; Jacob is his special possession.

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:“ The Lord came from Mount Sinai and dawned upon us from Mount Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran and came from Meribah kadesh with flaming fire at his right hand.Indeed, he loves his people; all his holy ones are in his hands. They follow in his steps and accept his teaching.

“ There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor.The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out,‘ Destroy them!’So Israel will live in safety, prosperous Jacob in security, in a land of grain and new wine, while the heavens drop down dew.How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”

Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.

I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.

But the God of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth, the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.“ The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!Rather, it was simply that the Lord loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the Lord rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called— his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.

I prayed to the Lord and said,‘ O Sovereign Lord, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say,“ The Israelites died because the Lord wasn’t able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say,“ He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought out of Egypt by your great strength and powerful arm.’

Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:“ I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

How will anyone know that you look favorably on me— on me and on your people— if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”