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(ii) “Remember how the old days were;
think of the years through all the ages.
Ask your father — he will tell you;
your leaders too — they will inform you.
“When ‘Elyon gave each nation its heritage,
when he divided the human race,
he assigned the boundaries of peoples
according to Isra’el’s population;
but Adonai’s share was his own people,
Ya‘akov his allotted heritage.

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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)
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)
For the Lord’s portion(H) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God