Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 11:8And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
Numbers 24:16He saith, who heareth the words of God, who knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:
Job 15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Psalms 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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 →