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# you are a nation ... has chosen you
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All occurrences of "you" refer to the people of Israel. Moses was included as a part of the people. Alternate translation: "we are a nation ... has chosen us"
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# For you are a nation ... surface of the earth
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See how you translated these words in [Deuteronomy 7:6](../07/06.md).
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# you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God
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Yahweh choosing the people of Israel to belong to him in a special way is spoken of as if Yahweh set them apart from all other nations. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Yahweh your God has set you apart from other nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession
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This means basically the same thing as the first part of the sentence. They both mean that the people of Israel belong to Yahweh in a special way. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# a people for his own possession
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"a people for his treasured possession" or "his people"
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# more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth
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"out of all the people groups in the world"
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