Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
9For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15Also Canaan begat Zidon his first borne, and Heth,
Genesis 11:8So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, and they left off to build the citie.
Numbers 24:16He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling in a traunce had his eyes opened:
Job 15:19To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
Psalms 50:14Offer vnto God praise, and pay thy vowes vnto the most High,
Psalms 91:1Who so dwelleth in the secrete of the most High, shall abide in the shadowe of the Almightie.
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 →