About God's treasure of a holy nation:

You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. � Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, � you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites." � For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. � The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. � You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, � for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession. � You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws, and that you will obey him. � And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. � He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. :

Verse References In The Order Presented Above --  Exodus 19:4 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Deuteronomy 14:1 ; Deuteronomy 14:2 ; Deuteronomy 26:17 ; Deuteronomy 26:18