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55Ex. 15 :1, 4 "Then sang Mosesand the children of Israel thissong unto Jehovah, and spake,saying, I will sing unto Jehovah,for he hath triumphed gloriously :the horse and his rider hath hethrown into the sea. Pharaoh'schariots and his host hath hecast into the sea ; and his chosencaptains are sunk in the RedSea."Israel's Favor with God Not forRace Superiority but ObedienceDeut . 7 :7, 8 "Jehovah did notset his love upon you, nor chooseyou, because ye were more innumber than any people ; for yewere the fewest of all peoples :but because Jehovah loveth you,and because he would keep theoath which he sware unto yourfathers, hath Jehovah broughtyou out with a mighty hand, andredeemed you out of the house ofbondage, from the hand of Pharaohking of Egypt ."Num . 14 :11, 12, 20, 23 "AndJehovah said unto Moses, Howlong will this people despise me?and how long will they not believein me, for all the signswhich I have wrought amongthem? I will smite them withthe pestilence, and disinheritthem, and will make of thee anation greater and mightier thanthey . And Jehovah said, I havepardoned according to thy word :surely they shall not see theland which I sware unto theirfathers, neither shall any of themthat despised me see it ."Ps . 106 :8 "Nevertheless he savedthem for his name's sake, thathe might make his mighty powerto be known ."Priesthood and Tribal Divisionsof Israel Not Class DistinctionJer . 31 :1 "At that time, saithJehovah, will I be the God of allthe families of Israel, and theyshall be my people ."Num . 3:40, 41, 45 "And Jehovahsaid unto Moses, Number allthe first-born males of the childrenof Israel from a month oldCaste Systemand upward, and take the numberof their names. And thoushalt take the Levites for me (Iam Jehovah) instead of all thefirst-born among the children ofIsrael ; . . . Take the Levites insteadof all the first-born amongthe children of Israel, and thecattle of the Levites instead oftheir cattle ; and the Levites shallbe mine : I am Jehovah ."Ex . 19 :5, 6 "Then ye shall bemine own possession from amongall peoples : for all the earth ismine : and ye shall be unto me akingdom of priests, and a holynation . These are the wordswhich thou shalt speak unto thechildren of Israel ."Job 34:19 "That respecteth notthe persons of princes, nor regardeththe rich more than thepoor ; for they all are the workof his hands."Complete Separations in IsraelAllowed Only from OpposersDeut. 7:1-3 "When Jehovah thyGod shall bring thee into theland whither thou goest to possessit, and shall cast out manynations before thee, . . . and whenJehovah thy God shall deliverthem up before thee, and thoushalt smite them ; then thou shaltutterly destroy them : thou shaltmake no covenant with them .nor show mercy unto them :neither shalt thou make marriageswith them ."Lev . 19 :33, 34 "And if a strangersojourn with thee in yourland, ye shall not do him wrong .The stranger that sojournethwith you shall be unto you as thehome-born among you, and thoushalt love him as thyself ; forye were sojourners in the landof Egypt : I am Jehovah yourGod ."Num. 15 :15, 16 "For the assembly,there shall be one statutefor you, and for the stranger thatsojourneth with you, a statutefor ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojournerbe before Jehovah . Onelaw and one ordinance shall be