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Deuteronomy 32:8

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When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men,
he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 32:8 in other translations

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 32:8 in context

  1. 6Is this the way you repay Yahweh,
    foolish and unwise people?
    Isn’t he your father who has bought you?
    He has made you and established you.
  2. 7Remember the days of old.
    Consider the years of many generations.
    Ask your father, and he will show you;
    your elders, and they will tell you.
  3. 8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
    when he separated the children of men,
    he set the bounds of the peoples
    according to the number of the children of Israel.
  4. 9For Yahweh’s portion is his people.
    Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
  5. 10He found him in a desert land,
    in the waste howling wilderness.
    He surrounded him.
    He cared for him.
    He kept him as the apple of his eye.