Deuteronomy 7:6

7:6 For you are a people holy14 to the Lord your God. He15 has chosen you to be his people, prized16 above all others on the face of the earth.

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14	tn That is, “set apart.”
15	tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
16	tn Or “treasured” (so NIV, NRSV); NLT “his own special treasure.” The Hebrew term סְגֻלָּה (ségullah) describes Israel as God’s choice people, those whom he elected and who are most precious to him (cf. Exod 19:4–6; Deut 14:2; 26:18; 1 Chr 29:3; Ps 135:4; Eccl 2:8 Mal 3:17). See E. Carpenter, NIDOTTE 3:224.