DEUTERONOMY 32:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Deuteronomy 32:8 Translation & Meaning

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When the most High עֶלְיוֹן֙ An elevation, i.e., (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as title, the Supreme most High
divided their inheritance, בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל To inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate divided inheritance
to the nations גּוֹיִ֔ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations
when he separated בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ To break through, i.e., spread or separate (oneself) separated
the sons בְּנֵ֣י A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) sons
of Adam, אָדָ֑ם Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) Adam
he set יַצֵּב֙ To station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) set
the bounds גְּבֻלֹ֣ת A boundary, region bounds
of the people עַמִּ֔ים A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
according to the number לְמִסְפַּ֖ר A number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration according number
of the children בְּנֵ֥י A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) children
of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel

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  • 6  Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

  • 7  Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew 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 him as the apple of his eye.




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