Deuteronomy 32:9

For Hashemʼs chelek is His people; 1 Ya'akov is the chevel (allotment) of His nachalah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

In Context

8When HaElyon divided to the Goyim their nachalah, 1 when He separated the Bnei Adam, 1 He set the gevulot (borders) of the people 1 according to the number of the Bnei Yisroel. 1

10He found him in an eretz midbar, 1 and in a barren and howling wilderness; 1 He encircled him, He granted him discernment, 1 He preserved him as the pupil of His eye. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:16Terror and pachad shall fall upon them; 1 by the greatness of Thine zero'a 1 they shall be struck dumb as an even (stone); 1 till Thy people pass by, Hashem, 1 till the people pass by, which Thou hast purchased. 1

Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are Thy people and Thine nachalah, which Thou broughtest out by Thy koach hagadol and by Thy outstretched zero'a.

Joshua 24:17For Hashem Eloheinu, He it is that brought us up and Avoteinu out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim, and which did those haotot hagedolot in our sight, and was shomer over us in kol HaDerech in which we went, and among Kol HaAmim through whom we passed;

2 Samuel 20:19I am one of them that are of shalom and of emunah in Yisroel; thou seekest to destroy an Ir and an em b'Yisroel; why wilt thou swallow up the nachalat Hashem?

1 Kings 8:53For Thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of HaAretz, to be Thine nachalah, as Thou spoke by the yad Moshe Thy Eved, when Thou broughtest Avoteinu out of Mitzrayim, Adonoi Hashem,

Psalms 78:71From following the nursing ewes He brought him 1 to shepherd Ya'akov His people, 1 and Yisroel His nachalah. 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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