Deuteronomy 32:7-9
Expanded Bible
7 Remember the old days.
Think of the years already passed.
Ask your father and he will tell you;
ask your elders and they will inform you.
8 God Most High gave ·the nations their lands [L each nation its inheritance],
dividing up the ·human race [L sons of man].
He set up borders for the people
·and even numbered the Israelites[a] [L according to the number of the sons/T children of Israel].
9 The Lord took his people as his ·share [portion],
the people of Jacob as his ·very own [L special inheritance].
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Israelites Hebrew copies, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, read “sons of God.” Some Greek copies read “angels of God.”
Deuteronomy 32:7-9
New International Version
7 Remember the days of old;(A)
consider the generations long past.(B)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(C)
8 When the Most High(D) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(E)
he set up boundaries(F) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](G)
9 For the Lord’s portion(H) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(I)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
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