Deuteronomy 32:8
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.
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9For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan brings forth Sidon his first born, and Heth,
Genesis 11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Numbers 24:16He has said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Job 15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Psalms 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:
Psalms 91:1He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under 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 →