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出エジプト記 19:5
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if ye: Exodus 23:22, Exodus 24:7, Deuteronomy 11:27, Deuteronomy 28:1, Joshua 24:24, 1 Samuel 15:22, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 11:4-7, Hebrews 11:8
keep: Deuteronomy 5:2, Psalms 25:10, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 103:18, Isaiah 56:4, Jeremiah 31:31-33
a peculiar: Deuteronomy 4:20, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 32:8, Deuteronomy 32:9, 1 Kings 8:53, Psalms 135:4, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 43:1, Jeremiah 10:16, Malachi 3:17, Titus 2:14
all the earth: Exodus 9:29, Deuteronomy 10:14, Job 41:11, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:11, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:35, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:7 - and to Genesis 34:7 - wrought Exodus 4:22 - Israel Exodus 6:7 - will take Exodus 15:16 - which thou Exodus 19:22 - sanctify Exodus 22:31 - holy Exodus 28:2 - glory Exodus 33:16 - separated Exodus 34:9 - take us Leviticus 20:24 - which Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Leviticus 26:12 - will be Leviticus 26:15 - break Leviticus 26:45 - for their Numbers 23:9 - dwell alone Deuteronomy 4:13 - And he Deuteronomy 28:9 - establish Deuteronomy 29:12 - thou shouldest Deuteronomy 33:3 - he loved Judges 20:7 - ye are all 1 Samuel 10:1 - his inheritance 1 Samuel 12:12 - when the Lord 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 2 Samuel 7:23 - went 2 Samuel 20:19 - the inheritance 2 Samuel 23:3 - God 1 Kings 3:8 - thy people 1 Kings 11:38 - if thou wilt 2 Kings 17:35 - With whom 1 Chronicles 16:13 - his chosen 1 Chronicles 17:22 - thy people 2 Chronicles 5:10 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 8:9 - But of the 2 Chronicles 13:10 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 20:7 - our God Psalms 33:12 - Blessed Psalms 50:7 - O my Psalms 50:12 - world Psalms 68:10 - Thy congregation Psalms 74:12 - God Psalms 114:2 - General Psalms 115:9 - Israel Psalms 148:14 - a people Isaiah 43:4 - precious Isaiah 45:4 - Jacob Isaiah 63:8 - Surely Jeremiah 2:3 - holiness Jeremiah 11:2 - General Jeremiah 13:11 - I caused Jeremiah 31:32 - Not Jeremiah 51:19 - the rod Ezekiel 20:12 - I am Ezekiel 23:4 - they were Hosea 2:1 - Ammi Amos 3:2 - only Amos 6:1 - named Zechariah 2:12 - inherit Malachi 2:11 - profaned Matthew 20:2 - he had Acts 27:23 - whose Hebrews 8:9 - to lead Hebrews 8:10 - they shall 1 Peter 2:9 - a royal
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore,.... Since they had received such marks of his favour, and were laid under great obligations to him:
if ye will obey my voice indeed; truly, sincerely, and heartily; or "in hearkening hearken", or "in obeying obey" g; that is, closely and attentively hearken to what he should say to them, and thoroughly and constantly yield a cheerful obedience to his commands:
and keep my covenant; now about to be made with them, which would consist of promises of good things to be done to them on his part, and of duties to be performed by them on their part, and so would constitute a formal covenant by stipulation and restipulation:
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; be as highly valued by him, and as carefully preserved as the richest treasure among men; even as the treasure of princes, consisting of gold and silver, precious stones, pearls and jewels, and everything that is valuable; and of this he would give such proof and demonstration, as would make it appear that they were esteemed by him above all people upon the face of the earth; being chosen for his peculiar treasure, and redeemed out of the house of bondage and slavery to be his peculiar people, and distinguished from all others by particular favours and blessings:
for all the earth is mine; as it is, and the inhabitants of it, by creation, sustentation, preservation, and dominion, all being made, upheld, preserved, and governed by him; and therefore, as he had a right to all, could choose what part he pleased for his special use and service; or "though all the earth is mine" h, as Marinus in Aben Ezra, which yet the latter does not seem to approve of; and then the sense is, though the whole world was his, and all that is in it, yet such was his special affection, and peculiar regard to Israel, as to choose them, and esteem them as his portion and inheritance, his jewel, and peculiar treasure.
g שמוע תשמעו "obediendo obedieritis", Pagninus, Montanus; "audiendo audiveritis", Drusius; "auscultando auscultabitis", Piscator; so Ainsworth. h כי "tametsi", Vatablus; "quamvis", Piscator, Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A peculiar treasure - A costly possession acquired with exertion, and carefully guarded. The special relation in which Israel stands, taken out of the pagan world and consecrated to God, as His slaves, subjects, and children, determines their privileges, and is the foundation of their duties. The same principle applies even in a stronger sense to the Church. See Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 2:9.
All the earth is mine - It was a point of great practical importance, to impress upon the Jews that their God was no mere national Deity. Compare Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 24:1.