Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

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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; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Genesis 11:8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Numbers 24:16the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

Job 15:19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

Psalms 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in 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 →

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