²² You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

¹ "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, And called my son out of Egypt.

⁹ They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

⁴ who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

¹⁸ Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

²³ to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

¹⁸ I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."

⁸ But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

¹⁶ For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

¹ You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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."