פירוש על דברים 26:18

כאשר דבר לך AS HE HATH PROMISED THEE — in the words (Exodus 19:5) “Ye shall be a select portion unto Me” (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 12:25).

AND THE ETERNAL HATH AVOUCHED THEE. For this day is to you as the day of [the Revelation on] Sinai, and G-d exalted and magnified you by your acceptance of the Torah in order that you be His own treasure from among all peoples,⁴⁴Exodus 19:5. and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments,⁴⁵In Verse 18 before us. for, to you alone He gave His Torah and commanded you with all the commandments that are desireable before Him and to no other nation. It is similar to what is written, He declareth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation.⁴⁶Psalms 147:19-20.

וה' האמירך היום, by entering into the covenant with you, a distinction He has not accorded to any other nation.