How did Jehovah’s people become a holy nation? Although Jehovah had not yet organized the Israelites as a nation, he recognized them as his people.
اِعْتَبَرَ يَهْوَهُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبَهُ حَتَّى قَبْلَ أَنْ يُنَظِّمَهُمْ كَأُمَّةٍ .‏