# you are a nation ... has chosen you "we are a nation ... has chosen us" # For you are a nation ... surface of the earth See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 7:6. # you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God "Yahweh your God has set you apart from other nations" # Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession This means that the people of Israel belong to Yahweh in a special way. # a people for his own possession "a people for his treasured possession" or "his people" # more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth "out of all the people groups in the world"