²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,^(A)

God’s Love for Israel

⁴ the people of Israel.^(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;^(B) theirs the divine glory,^(C) the covenants,^(D) the receiving of the law,^(E) the temple worship^(F) and the promises.^(G)