World English Bible
Deuteronomy 32:9
“For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 32
Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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