holy. See note on Exo_3:5. the LORD. (Hebrew. Jehovah.) Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, add "thy God".
peculiar = as a treasure. See note on Exo_19:5. Compare Deu_7:6.
the earth = the face of the soil. Figure of speech Pleonasm. Hebrew. 'adamah.