דברים כ״ו:ט״ז-י״ט

היום הזה ה' אלהיך מצוך. בְּכָל יוֹם יִהְיוּ בְעֵינֶיךָ חֲדָשִׁים כְּאִלּוּ בוֹ בַיּוֹם נִצְטַוֵּיתָ עֲלֵיהֶם (תנחומא):

This very day, Adonoy, your God, commands you. Each day let them appear novel to you, as if, on that very day, you had been commanded to perform them.

ושמרת ועשית אותם. בַּת קוֹל מְבָרַכְתּוֹ — הֵבֵאתָ בִכּוּרִים הַיּוֹם, תִּזְכֶּה לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה (שם):

You shall observe and perform them. A heavenly echo blesses him; ‘You have brought the first fruits on this day — may you reiterate next year.’

האמרת … האמירך. אֵין לָהֶם עֵד מוֹכִיחַ בַּמִּקְרָא, וְלִי נִרְאֶה שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן הַפְרָשָׁה וְהַבְדָּלָה — הִבְדַּלְתָּ לְךָ מֵאֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וְהוּא הִפְרִישְׁךָ אֵלָיו מֵעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם סְגֻלָּה, וּמָצָאתִי לָהֶם עֵד וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן תִּפְאֶרֶת כְּמוֹ (תהלים צ"ד) "יִתְאַמְּרוּ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן":

You have distinguished . . . He has distinguished you. There is no compelling evidence concerning these words in Scripture; but it appears to me that the word denotes setting aside, distinguishing — you have distinguished Him, from the alien gods, to be your God, and He set you aside, for Himself, from the peoples of the earth, to be His treasured people. (Another interpretation, to which I have found evidence; it denotes glory, as in “All evildoers glorify themselves.”)

כאשר דבר לך. וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה:

As He said to you. “You shall be My treasure.”

ולהיותך עם קדש … כאשר דבר. וִהְיִיתֶם לִי קְדֹשִׁים (שמות כ', כ"ו):

And, so that you may be a people sanctified as He said. “You shall be sanctified to me.”