⁵ Say to them: This is what the Lord God says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath^[a](A) to the descendants of Jacob’s house and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, saying: I am Yahweh your God.^{(B) 6} On that day I swore^[b] to them that I would bring them out^(C) of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,^(D) the most beautiful of all lands.^{(E) 7} I also said to them: Each of you must throw away the detestable things that are before your eyes and not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.^(F) I am Yahweh your God.^(G)