1 Kings 8:53 References

53 "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, aas You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD."

a Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 9:26-29

Exodus 19

5 'Now then, aif you will indeed obey My voice and bkeep My covenant, then you shall be cMy own possession among all the peoples, for dall the earth is Mine;

Exodus 19

6 and you shall be to Me aa kingdom of priests and ba holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."

Deuteronomy 9

26 "aI prayed to the Lord and said, 'O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

27 'Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

28 'Otherwise the land from which You brought us may say, "aBecause the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."

29 'Yet they are Your people, even aYour inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your bgreat power and Your outstretched arm.'