⁵ and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose^(A) Israel, I swore with uplifted hand^(B) to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, “I am the Lord your God.^(C)” ⁶ On that day I swore^(D) to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,^(E) the most beautiful of all lands.^{(F) 7} And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images^(G) you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols^(H) of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.^(I)”