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Deuteronomy 32:8

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6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
BLB
When the Most High gave their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples by the number of the sons of God.
ÅB
Da den Høyeste gav folkene arv, da han skilte menneskenes barn, satte han folkenes landemerker etter tallet på Israels barn.
OTB
Da Den Høyeste ga nasjonene deres arv, da han delte menneskeheten, fastsatte han folkenes grenser etter antallet av Israels barn.
B1930
Da den Høieste gav folkene arv, da han skilte menneskenes barn, satte han folkenes landemerker efter tallet på Israels barn.

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Cross references

  • Acts 17:26

    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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  • Genesis 11:8–9

    So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

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  • Daniel 4:17

    This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

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  • Genesis 15:18–21

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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  • Psalms 115:16

    The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

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  • Genesis 10:25

    Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

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  • Psalms 91:1

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

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  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

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