Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
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9For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
Genesis 11:8So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Numbers 24:16He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open:
Job 15:19For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)
Psalms 50:14Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:8-15
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord 's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept… Read the whole commentary →