After delivering the Israelites from Egypt, Jehovah offered to accept them as his “special property, ” to love and protect them and to constitute them“ a holy nation. ”
بَعْدَ إِنْقَاذِ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ مِصْرَ ،‏ عَرَضَ يَهْوَه عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا « مِلْكًا خَاصًّا » لَهُ ،‏ أَنْ يُحِبَّهُمْ وَيَحْمِيَهُمْ وَيَجْعَلَهُمْ « أُمَّةً مُقَدَّسَةً » .‏