Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9For, Yahweh’s portion is his people,—Jacob, his inherited possession.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth:
Genesis 11:8So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth,—and so they left off building the city.
Numbers 24:16The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High,—Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes:—
Job 15:19To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
Psalms 50:14Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry,
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 →