Less than three months later, Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites at Mount Sinai and gave them this historic promise: “If you will strictly obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will certainly become my special property out of all peoples,... a holy nation. ” ​ — Ex.
و امّت مقدّس خواهید بود .‏ » —‏ خرو ۱۹ :‏ ۵ ،‏ ۶ .‏