Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
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.
Verse Takeaways
1
A Treasured Possession
Commentators explain that the term 'special people' comes from a Hebrew word ('segullah') meaning a 'peculiar treasure' or a king's private, prized property. God did not just select Israel; He designated them as His own cherished possession, setting them apart for a unique and intimate relationship with Himself.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Deuteronomy
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
5
18th Century
Presbyterian
See (Deuteronomy 6:10) note.
(Deuteronomy 7:5) Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is t…
19th Century
Anglican
An holy people. —Not merely an holy nation (), but an holy people, that is, a state o…
16th Century
Protestant
For you are a holy people. He explains more distinctly what we have recently seen concerning God’s gratuitous love. The comparison of the …
Consider supporting our work
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you are an holy people unto the Lord your God Not sanctified in a spiritual sense, or having principles of grace…
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…
