Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High divided the nations, 1 When he separated the sons of Adam, 1 He set the bounds of the nations 1 According to the number of the angels of God. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Remember the days of old, 1 Consider the years for past ages: 1 Ask thy father, and he shall relate to thee, 1 Thine elders, and they shall tell thee. 1

9And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, 1 Israel was the line of his inheritance. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 10:15And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittite,

Genesis 11:8And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

Numbers 24:16Hearing the oracles of God, 1 Receiving knowledge from the Most High, 1 And having seen a vision of God in sleep; 1 His eyes were opened. 1

Job 15:19To them alone the earth was given, 1 And no stranger came upon them. 1

Psalms 50:14Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: 1 Establish me with thy directing Spirit. 1

Psalms 91:1A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath day. 1

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 →

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