kjv@Deuteronomy:7:6 @ For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
kjv@Deuteronomy:7:7 @ The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
kjv@Deuteronomy:7:8 @ But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
kjv@Deuteronomy:7:9 @ Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;