Deuteronomy 26:16

¹⁴And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

¹⁵Look down from thy holy house, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given them, as thou didst swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.

— Deuteronomy 26:16 —

¹⁷Thou hast chosen God this day to be thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to observe his ordinances and judgments, and to hearken to his voice.

¹⁸And the Lord has chosen thee this day that thou shouldest be to him a peculiar people, as he said, to keep his commands;