“Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.”
Exodus 19:5
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Connection with Abraham obeying God's voice
God blessed Abraham because he obeyed His voice (Genesis 22:18); the Hebrew is shama'ta beqoli, from shama', to hear, and qol, voice. At Sinai God offered Israel His covenant in the same words. Hebrew has one verb for hearing and obeying, so Israel heard their own calling in Abraham's story.
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Israel heard Genesis 27 as a people who had stood at Sinai and been told, "if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession". So when Jacob was told to listen to his mother's voice (Genesis 27:8), they heard their own question in his story: whose voice would they obey?
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You will be my treasured possession, a kingdom of priests
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
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