Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art (to be) a holy people before the Lord thy God, chosen to be unto Him a people more beloved than all the nations upon the face of the earth.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
3Thou shalt not eat anything that is abominable.
Cross References
Exodus 19:5And now, if hearkening you will hearken to My Word, and will keep My covenant, you, before Me, shall be more beloved than all peoples; for all the earth is Mine.
Leviticus 19:2Speak with all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy; for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Leviticus 20:26And you shall be holy before Me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the nations to be worshippers before Me.
Deuteronomy 7:7Not because you were greater than any of the peoples, bath the Lord chosen and befriended you, for you were smaller than any of the peoples;
Deuteronomy 26:18And the Lord hath declared thee this day to be His beloved people, as He hath said unto thee, that thou mayest observe all His commandments,
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:2-22
What Might Be Eaten, and What Not. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and… Read the whole commentary →