Verse 8

Deuteronomy 32:8

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8 When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בְּ/הַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּ/הַפְרִיד֖/וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְ/מִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

English Translation

When the Most High divided the nations, when He separated the sons of man, He established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.

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Chapter 32 Context

1 “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! Hear, O earth, the words that I say! Focus ↗

2 Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like r... Focus ↗

3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD; how glorious is our God (Elohim)! Focus ↗

4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful G... Focus ↗

5 “But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his ch... Focus ↗

6 Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who... Focus ↗

7 Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will... Focus ↗

8 When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he establ...

9 “For the people of Israel belong to the LORD; Jacob is his special possession. Focus ↗

10 He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched... Focus ↗

11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take... Focus ↗

12 The LORD alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods. Focus ↗

13 He let them ride over the highlands and feast on the crops of the fields. He nourished them wi... Focus ↗

14 He fed them yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, together with the fat of lambs. H... Focus ↗

15 “But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they a... Focus ↗

16 They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable d... Focus ↗

17 They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God (Elohim), to gods they had not known before,... Focus ↗

18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God (Elohim) who had given you birth.... Focus ↗

19 “The LORD saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters. Focus ↗

20 He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generatio... Focus ↗

21 They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God (Elohim); they have provoked m... Focus ↗

22 For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth... Focus ↗

23 I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows. Focus ↗

24 I will weaken them with famine, burning fever, and deadly disease. I will send the fangs of wi... Focus ↗

25 Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young w... Focus ↗

26 I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them. Focus ↗

27 But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say, “Our own power has... Focus ↗

28 “But Israel is a senseless nation; the people are foolish, without understanding. Focus ↗

29 Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate! Focus ↗

30 How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unle... Focus ↗

31 But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize. Focus ↗

32 Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are pois... Focus ↗

33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. Focus ↗

34 “The LORD says, ‘Am I not storing up these things, sealing them away in my treasury? Focus ↗

35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disa... Focus ↗

36 “Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people, and he will change his mind about his servants... Focus ↗

37 Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods, the rocks they fled to for refuge? Focus ↗

38 Where now are those gods, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their offe... Focus ↗

39 Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life;... Focus ↗

40 Now I raise my hand to heaven and declare, “As surely as I live, Focus ↗

41 when I sharpen my flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will take revenge on my ene... Focus ↗

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh — the blood of the slau... Focus ↗

43 “Rejoice with him, you heavens, and let all of God (Elohim)’s angels worship him. Rejoice with... Focus ↗

44 So Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people. Focus ↗

45 When Moses had finished reciting all these words to the people of Israel, Focus ↗

46 he added: “Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command... Focus ↗

47 These instructions are not empty words — they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long l... Focus ↗

48 That same day the LORD said to Moses, Focus ↗

49 “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho.... Focus ↗

50 Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother,... Focus ↗

51 For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness... Focus ↗

52 So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people o... Focus ↗

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Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 32 (52 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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