Deuteronomy 32:8-9

The Song of Moses

8 When the Most High a gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he b divided mankind,
he fixed the borders 1 of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God. 2
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.

  1. Cross References
    Acts 17:26
    And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 11:8
    So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
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