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Deuteronomy 7:6-11

6Forthou artaholyקָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshH6918peopleH5971untoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenH977theetobeH1961apeopleH5971forhisownpossessionסְגֻלָּ֔הse.gu.LahH5459,aboveallpeoplesH5971thatareuponthefaceH6440oftheearthH127.

7Jehovahdidnotsethislove uponyou,norchooseH977you,becauseye weremoreinnumberthananypeopleH5971;forye werethefewestהַמְעַ֖טham.'AtH4592ofallpeoplesH5971:

8butbecauseJehovahlovethyou,andbecausehewouldkeepH8104theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ha.she.vu.'AhH7621whichhesware untoyourfathersH1, hathJehovahbroughtH3318yououtwithamightyH2389handבְּיָ֣דbe.YadH3027,andredeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙vai.yif.de.KhaH6299yououtofthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage,fromthehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9Knowוְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taH3045thereforethatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,heisGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,thefaithfulהַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ןha.ne.'e.ManH539GodH430,whokeepethcovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285andlovingkindnesswiththemthatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֛יוle.'o.ha.VavH157himandkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֖יוmitz.vo.tovH4687toathousandלְאֶ֥לֶףle.'E.lefH505generationsדּֽוֹר׃DorH1755,

10andrepayeththemthathateH8130himtotheirfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440,todestroyלְהַאֲבִיד֑וֹle.ha.'a.vi.DoH6them:hewillnotbeslacktohimthathatethhim,hewillrepayH7999himtohisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440.

11Thou shaltthereforekeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve.sha.mar.TaH8104thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֜הha.mitz.VahH4687,andthestatutesH2706,andtheordinancesH4941,whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117,todothem.

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