Deuteronomy 26:18

16 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

17 Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

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,

19 that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

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

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BSB
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,
KJV
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
WEB
The LORD has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
ASV
and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
DARBY
and Jehovah hath accepted thee this day to be a people of possession to him, as he hath told thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments,
BLB
And YHWH has proclaimed you today to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised to you, and that [you] should keep all His commandments,
ÅB
Og Herren har idag gitt deg sitt ord at du skal være hans eiendomsfolk, slik som han har sagt til deg, og at han, dersom du holder alle hans bud,
OTB
Og i dag har Herren erklært deg for å være hans folk, hans dyrebare eiendom, som han lovet, og at du skal holde alle hans bud.
B1930
Og Herren har idag gitt dig sitt ord at du skal være hans eiendomsfolk, således som han har sagt til dig, og at han, dersom du holder alle hans bud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:9

    The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.

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  • 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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  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    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.

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  • Exodus 6:7

    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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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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  • Romans 16:26

    but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —

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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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  • Ezekiel 36:25–27

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

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