“For Jehovah's portion is  His people. Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.” (Deuteronomy 32:9)   Most simply is that the Israelites belong to the Lord. He chose them. “For you are  a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be a special people to Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.” (Deuteronomy 7:6) God was not known to many in the ancient world except to the direct descendants of Adam and Eve and their descendants. Thro