Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance— 1 when he divided all of mankind, 1 and he set the boundaries of the peoples, 1 as he also fixed the number of their gods. 1
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9For Yahweh's portion is his people; 1 Jacob is his apportioned inheritance. 1
Cross References
Genesis 10:15Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth,
Genesis 11:8So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.
Numbers 24:16This is a prophecy of someone who hears words from God, 2 who has knowledge from the Most High, 2 who has visions from the Almighty, 1 Before whom he bows down with open eyes. 1
Job 15:19These were their ancestors, to whom alone the land was given, 1 and among whom no stranger ever passed. 1
Psalms 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 1 and pay your vows to the Most High. 1
Psalms 91:1He who lives in the shelter of the Most High 1 will stay in the shadow of the Almighty. 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 →