For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car tu es un peuple saint pour l'Eternel, ton Dieu; l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'a choisi, pour que tu fusses un peuple qui lui appartînt entre tous les peuples qui sont sur la face de la terre.
KJV
For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ἵνα μὴ ἐκπέσῃ κατὰ θάτερον τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας μερῶν, ἵνα, ὅταν μὲν βου- 2 Jes. 41, 4; 44, 6 – 8ff vgl. Deut. 7,1 – 11ff vgl. Num. 25, 3 I Kön. 11, 6. 5 Deut. 12, 3 II Kön. 18, 4 II Kön. 1, 2 – 14 Jes. 41, 4; 44, 6 – 23 vgl. Luk. 24, 6 – 24 Röm. 6, 9 M U 1 λαμβάνων Μ | <ἐνυπόστατον>…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ly to Objection 1: This people was governed under the special care of God: wherefore it is written ( Dt. 7:6 ): "The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be His peculiar people": and this is why the Lord reserved to Himself the institution of the chief ruler. For this too did Moses p…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
e elegit Dominus Deus tuus, ut sis ei populus peculiaris de cunctis populis qui sunt super terram (Deut. VII, 6) . Et Psalmista: Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, justitias et judicia sua Israel. Non fecit taliter omni nationi, et judicia sua non manifestavit eis (Psal. CXLVII,…
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