Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
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In Context
9But the Lord’s portion is his people: Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15Then Canaan conceived Sidon his firstborn, the Hittite,
Genesis 11:8And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
Numbers 24:16the hearer of the sermon of God, he who knows the doctrine of the Most High, and who sees the visions of the Almighty, who, falling down, has his eyes opened, has declared:
Job 15:19to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.
Psalms 50:14Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.
Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
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 →