Exodus 19:6

6and you shall be to me a akingdom of priests and ba holy nation'. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

1 Peter 2:5-9

5 cyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as da spiritual house, to be ea holy priesthood, fto offer spiritual sacrifices gacceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For it stands in Scripture:

hBehold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
iand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7So the honor is for you who jbelieve, but for those who kdo not believe,

l“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
Greek  the head of the corner

8and

n“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, oas they were destined to do.

9But you are pa chosen race, qa royal rpriesthood, sa holy nation, ta people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you uout of darkness into vhis marvelous light.
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