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Remember the days of old;
    consider the years long past;
ask your father, and he will inform you,
    your elders, and they will tell you.(A)
When the Most High[a] apportioned the nations,
    when he divided humankind,
he fixed the boundaries of the peoples
    according to the number of the gods;[b](B)
the Lord’s own portion was his people,
    Jacob his allotted share.(C)

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  1. 32.8 Traditional rendering of Heb Elyon
  2. 32.8 Q ms Compare Gk Tg: MT the Israelites

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