Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9But the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Chanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, the Hethite,
Genesis 11:8And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
Numbers 24:16The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened:
Job 15:19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
Psalms 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
Psalms 91:1The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
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 →