 | Hilary Amara - 2007 - 126 pages
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 | Kevin P. Spicer - 2007 - 356 pages
...Isaac" (Cohen translation, viii). Nor did God choose the people of Israel because of their number: "'The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose...you, because ye were more in number than any people . . .' [Dt 7:7]" (Cohen translation, iii). Echoing Maimonides ("As it is impossible for God to cease... | |
 | Strobe Talbott - 2008 - 505 pages
...justification of the ferocity of this exhortation: For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...any people; for ye were the fewest of all people. As for how the leaders of Israel should rule their subjects, biblical law recognizes the nation's eclectic... | |
 | John Phillips - 218 pages
...love, as Moses, in his memoirs, made clear to Israel. "The Lord" he said, "did not set his love upon you, . . . because ye were more in number than any...fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you" (Deut. 7:7—8). Why does He love us? It is simply because He loves us! It is unconditional love. It... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 2008 - 636 pages
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 
