ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝ, Chapter 3

εἰ δὲ καὶ μέγα τί ἐστιν λαὸν εἶναί τε καὶ χρηματίζειν θεοῦ, καὶ ἴν γε τοῦτο τῶν μεγίστων θείων ἐπαγγελιῶν τυγχάνει, τὸ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ λέγεσθαι περὶ τῶν ἀξίων αὐτοῦ ‟ἔσομαι αὐτ’ θεὸς, θεὸς, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονται λαός ἐσεμνύνετό τε πρὶν εἰκότως ὁ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῷ ὡς μόνος λαὸς ὢν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐπιδημήσας ὁ κύριος τοῖς ἔθνεσι χαριεῖσθαι ὑπισχνεῖται λέγων ‟ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἔρχομαι καὶ κατασκηνώσω ἐν μέσῳ σου, καὶ καταφεύξονται ἔθνη πολλὰ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἔσονται αὐτῷ εἰς λαόν. ·