covenant people, which has a focus in Jerusalem (the location of the temple). The בְּ prepositions are locative or spatial but are an all-inclusive indication of the people who dwell in their realm, i.e., the people the covenant (WO §11.2.5b). BHS note 11b suggests deleting וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵל but the term nicely fits into its parallel context here and with post-exilic thought. (For a more detailed discussion, see Hill, 229–30; and Verhoef, 268.) כִּ֣י חִלֵּ֣ל יְהוּדָ֗ה קֹ֤דֶשׁ יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵ֔ב.