Deuteronomy 26:18

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And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
  • Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.
  • Jer 31:32-34 : 32 It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the LORD. 33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD.“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people. 34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the LORD.“For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–

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  • Deut 26:16-17
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    16Narrative Interlude Today the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

    17Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

  • Deut 26:19
    84%

    19Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.

  • Deut 28:9
    83%

    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

  • Deut 14:2
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    2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 29:12-13
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    12so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

    13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 7:6
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    6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 27:9-11
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    9Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel:“Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.

    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Exod 19:5-6
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    5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

    6and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”

  • Deut 6:17-18
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    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • 2 Sam 7:24
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    24You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
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    22You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • Josh 23:8
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    8But you must be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this very day.

  • Deut 4:20
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    20You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

  • Deut 30:16
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    16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

  • Deut 28:1
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    1The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

  • Deut 26:3
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    3You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him,“I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD promised to our ancestors to give us.”

  • Deut 13:18
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    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

  • Deut 10:15
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    15However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.

  • Deut 10:13
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    13and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?

  • Deut 8:1
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    1The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Deut 11:1
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    1Reiteration of the Call to Obedience You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

  • Deut 7:11-12
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    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

    12Promises of Good for Covenant Obedience If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the LORD your God will faithfully keep covenant with you as he promised your ancestors.

  • Deut 30:20
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    20I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

  • Deut 11:27
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    27the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

  • Deut 27:1
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    1The Assembly at Shechem Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people:“Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

  • Deut 30:8
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    8You will return and obey the LORD, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today.

  • Deut 11:8
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    8The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,

  • Deut 11:22
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    22For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the LORD your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

  • Deut 11:32
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    32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

  • Deut 29:9
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    9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

  • 1 Kgs 8:61
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    61May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
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    53After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

  • Lev 20:26
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    26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

  • Deut 26:1
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  • Deut 10:20
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    20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

  • Deut 4:38
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    38to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

  • Deut 12:26
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    26Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the LORD will choose.

  • Lev 22:31
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    31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.

  • Jer 30:22
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    22Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

  • Deut 4:14
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    14Moreover, at that same time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

  • Deut 19:8
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    8If the LORD your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

  • Deut 24:18
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    18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
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    17He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,