Exodus 34:9

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

⁹For the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁴For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Armies is his name.

⁴For the LORD^[+] has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.

⁹Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

¹³Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is your people.”

¹⁴He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

¹⁵Moses said to him, “If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here. ¹⁶For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

¹⁷The LORD said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

⁹The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

¹²The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

⁵Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;