⁴‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt,^g and how I carried you on eagles’ wings^h and brought you to myself.ⁱ ⁵Now if you obey me fully^j and keep my covenant,^k then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.^l Although the whole earth^m is mine, ⁶you^a will be for me a kingdom of priestsⁿ and a holy nation.’^o These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

⁷So Moses went back and summoned the elders^p of the people and set before them all the words the Lord had commanded him to speak.^q

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Footnotes

aOr possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6You

Cross references

g Dt 29:2; Jos 24:7
h Dt 32:11; Ps 103:5; Isa 40:31; Jer 4:13; 48:40; Rev 12:14
i Dt 33:12; Isa 31:5; Eze 16:6
j Ex 15:26; Dt 6:3; Ps 78:10; Jer 7:23
kSee Ge 17:9; See Ex 3:1
lSee Ex 8:22; See 34:9; See Dt 8:1; See Tit 2:14
mSee Ex 9:29; 1 Co 10:26
n Isa 61:6; 66:21; See 1 Pe 2:5
o Ge 18:19; Lev 11:44–45; Dt 4:37; 7:6; 26:19; 28:9; 29:13; 33:3; Isa 4:3; 62:12; Jer 2:3; Am 3:2
p Ex 18:12; Lev 4:15; 9:1; Nu 16:25
q Ex 4:30; 1 Sa 8:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine, and you will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”

After Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him.

NLTNew Living Translation

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the Lord had commanded him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and I brought you to me. And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, for all the earth is mine, but you, you will belong to me as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”

And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he placed before them all these words that Yahweh had commanded him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

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