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For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Identity Is the Reason for the Rules
Commentators explain that Israel's identity as a 'holy' and 'chosen' people is the fundamental reason for God's laws, including the surrounding rules about mourning and diet. These commands were not arbitrary; they were designed to outwardly express Israel's unique, set-apart relationship with God and keep them distinct from idolatrous nations.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
For you are an holy people. —This verse is repeated from Deuteronomy 7:6, word for word, except the “and,” which is added…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you are an holy people unto the Lord your God Set apart by him from all other people, and devoted to his worship…
Presbyterian
Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual bl…
