Exodus 19:5-6
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[5] Now 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; [6] and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land of Israel’s slavery, from which the Lord had delivered them in fulfillment of his covenant mercy. The Wilderness of Sinai, likely in the Sinai Peninsula, was the setting where Israel gathered before God and received the covenant calling to be his treasured possession, kingdom of priests, and holy nation.
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Exodus 19:5-6 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.
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