It is you Jehovah your God has chosen to become his people, a special property, out of all the peoples that are on the surface of the ground. ” ​ — Deut. 7: 6.
وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ،‏ ذَكَّرَ مُوسَى شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا :‏ « إِنَّكَ شَعْبٌ مُقَدَّسٌ لِيَهْوَهَ إِلٰهِكَ .‏