^{7 Ref} The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

^{8 Ref} But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

^{9 Ref} Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;