For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God 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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

See (Deuteronomy 6:10) note.

(Deuteronomy 7:5) Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

An holy people. —Not merely an holy nation , but an holy people, that is, a state of …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For you are a holy people. He explains more distinctly what we have recently seen concerning God’s gratuitous love. The comparison of the …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you are an holy people unto the Lord your God
Not sanctified in a spiritual sense, or having principles of grace…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God must have no associati…

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