Deuteronomy 14:2

1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

3 You must not eat any detestable thing.

4 These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
KJV
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
WEB
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
ASV
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
DARBY
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
BLB
For you [are] a holy people to YHWH your God, and YHWH has chosen you to be for Himself a people, a special treasure above all the peoples who [are] on the face of the earth.
ÅB
for et hellig folk er du for Herren din Gud, og deg har Herren utvalgt av alle de folk som er på jorden, til å være ham et eiendomsfolk.
OTB
For du er et hellig folk for Herren din Gud, og av alle folkene på jordens overflate har Herren valgt deg til å være Hans dyrebare eiendom.
B1930
for et hellig folk er du for Herren din Gud, og dig har Herren utvalgt av alle de folk som er på jorden, til å være ham et eiendomsfolk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Leviticus 20:26

    You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:18–19

    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

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  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Leviticus 19:2

    “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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  • Titus 2:14

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

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  • Leviticus 11:45

    For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

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