Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
Deuteronomy 9:29But still they are your people and your heritage, whom you took out by your great power and by your stretched-out arm.
Joshua 24:17For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:
2 Samuel 20:19Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
1 Kings 8:53For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
Psalms 78:71From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.
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 →