Deuteronomy 32:8

In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam — He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Remember days of old — Understand the years of many generations — Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

9For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:15And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

Genesis 11:8And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

Numbers 24:16An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God — And knowing knowledge of the Most High; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling — and eyes uncovered:

Job 15:19To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:

Psalms 50:14Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

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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