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Deuteronomy 32:9

Israel
Identity and self-worth

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.

8 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.

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.

11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

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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
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
KJV
For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
WEB
For the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
ASV
For Jehovah`s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
DARBY
For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
BLB
For YHWH's portion [is] His people; Jacob [is] the place of His inheritance.
ÅB
For Herrens del er hans folk, Jakob er hans arvelodd.
OTB
For Herrens skatt er hans folk, Jakob er hans utvalgte arv.
B1930
For Herrens del er hans folk, Jakob er hans arvelodd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 10:16

    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • 1 Kings 8:51

    For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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  • 1 Kings 8:53

    For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:19

    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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  • Psalms 135:4

    For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:18–19

    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

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