2018-03-07 15:31:58 +00:00
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# you are a nation ... has chosen you
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-11-28 16:24:49 +00:00
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"we are a nation ... has chosen us"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# For you are a nation ... surface of the earth
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2023-11-28 16:24:49 +00:00
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See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 7:6.
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God
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2023-11-28 16:24:49 +00:00
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"Yahweh your God has set you apart from other nations"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession
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2023-11-28 16:24:49 +00:00
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This means that the people of Israel belong to Yahweh in a special way.
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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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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