Deuteronomy 7:6-7

NSB^{(i) 6} »You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth. ⁷ »Jehovah set his heart on you. He chose you, even though you did not outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.