20 But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

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20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(A) out of Egypt,(B) to be the people of his inheritance,(C) as you now are.

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When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance[a]
and divided the human race,(A)
He set the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the people of Israel.[b]
But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Most High divided the nations
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 One DSS reads number of the sons of God; LXX reads number of the angels of God

When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)
For the Lord’s portion(E) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(F)

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Footnotes

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

Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.(A)
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.(B)

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Remember the nation you purchased(A) long ago,(B)
    the people of your inheritance,(C) whom you redeemed(D)
    Mount Zion,(E) where you dwelt.(F)

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