IDutheronomi 7:6-10

Ngokuba uyisizwe esingcwele kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho. USimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ukukhethile ukuba ube yisizwe esiyifa lakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke ezisebusweni bomhlaba. “USimakade akanithandanga nje kuphela, akanikhethanga kunezinye izizwe ngoba nibaningi; naniyingcosana kunezizwe zonke. Kepha kwaba ngenxa yokuba uSimakade enithanda, nangokuba wayegcina isifungo ayesenze nokhokho benu. USimakade unikhiphe ngesandla esinamandla, wanihlenga endlini yobugqila nasesandleni sikaFaro, inkosi yaseGibhithe. Yazi-ke ukuthi uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu othembekileyo, ogcina isivumelwano somusa kwabamthandayo abagcina imiyalo yakhe kuze kube sezizukulwaneni eziyinkulungwane, ophindiselayo kwabamzondayo, ababhubhise; akayukulibala kulowo omzondayo, uyakuphindisela kuye.