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De 32:8 Strong Concordance When the most High [05945] divided [05157] to the nations [01471] their inheritance [05157], when he separated [06504] the sons [01121] of Adam [0120], he set [05324] the bounds [01367] of the people [05971] according to the number [04557] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
  King James When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance--In the division of the earth, which Noah is believed to have made by divine direction (Gen 10:5; Deu 2:5-9; Act 17:26-27), Palestine was reserved by the wisdom and goodness of Heaven for the possession of His peculiar people and the display of the most stupendous wonders. The theater was small, but admirably suited for the convenient observation of the human race--at the junction of the two great continents of Asia and Africa, and almost within sight of Europe. From this spot as from a common center the report of God's wonderful works, the glad tidings of salvation through the obedience and sufferings of His own eternal Son, might be rapidly and easily wafted to every part of the globe.

he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel--Another rendering, which has received the sanction of eminent scholars, has been proposed as follows: "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam and set the bounds of every people, the children of Israel were few in numbers, when the Lord chose that people and made Jacob His inheritance" (compare Deu 30:5; Gen 34:30; Psa 105:9-12).
 
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9 Which covenant he made [03772] with Abraham [085], and his oath [07621] unto Isaac [03446];
10 And confirmed [05975] the same unto Jacob [03290] for a law [02706], and to Israel [03478] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285]:
11 Saying [0559], Unto thee will I give [05414] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], the lot [02256] of your inheritance [05159]:
12 When they were but a few men [04962] in number [04557]; yea, very few [04592], and strangers [01481] in it.
30 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] to Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878], Ye have troubled [05916] me to make me to stink [0887] among the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], among the Canaanites [03669] and the Perizzites [06522]: and I being few [04962] in number [04557], they shall gather themselves together [0622] against me, and slay me [05221]; and I shall be destroyed [08045], I and my house [01004].
5 And the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] which thy fathers [01] possessed [03423], and thou shalt possess [03423] it; and he will do thee good [03190], and multiply [07235] thee above thy fathers [01].
26 And [5037] hath made [4160] of [1537] one [1520] blood [129] all [3956] nations [1484] of men [444] for to dwell [2730] on [1909] all [3956] the face [4383] of the earth [1093], and hath determined [3724] the times [2540] before appointed [4384], and [2532] the bounds [3734] of their [846] habitation [2733];
27 That they should seek [2212] the Lord [2962], if [1487] haply [686] they might feel [5584] after him [846], and [2532] find him [2147], though [2544] he be [5225] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] every [1538] one [1520] of us [2257]:
5 Meddle [01624] not with them; for I will not give [05414] you of their land [0776], no, not so much as a foot [07272] breadth [04096] [03709]; because I have given [05414] mount [02022] Seir [08165] unto Esau [06215] for a possession [03425].
6 Ye shall buy [07666] meat [0400] of them for money [03701], that ye may eat [0398]; and ye shall also buy [03739] water [04325] of them for money [03701], that ye may drink [08354].
7 For the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee in all the works [04639] of thy hand [03027]: he knoweth [03045] thy walking [03212] through this great [01419] wilderness [04057]: these forty [0705] years [08141] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath been with thee; thou hast lacked [02637] nothing [01697].
8 And when we passed [05674] by from our brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165], through the way [01870] of the plain [06160] from Elath [0359], and from Eziongaber [06100], we turned [06437] and passed [05674] by the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057] of Moab [04124].
9 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Distress [06696] not the Moabites [04124], neither contend [01624] with them in battle [04421]: for I will not give [05414] thee of their land [0776] for a possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] Ar [06144] unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].
5 By these were the isles [0339] of the Gentiles [01471] divided in [06504] their lands [0776]; every one [0376] after his tongue [03956], after their families [04940], in their nations [01471].
1 And the whole earth [0776] was of one [0259] language [08193], and of one [0259] speech [01697].
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed [05265] from the east [06924], that they found [04672] a plain [01237] in the land [0776] of Shinar [08152]; and they dwelt [03427] there.
3 And they said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], Go to [03051], let us make [03835] brick [03843], and burn [08313] them throughly [08316]. And they had brick [03843] for stone [068], and slime [02564] had [01961] they for morter [02563].
4 And they said [0559], Go to [03051], let us build [01129] us a city [05892] and a tower [04026], whose top [07218] may reach unto heaven [08064]; and let us make [06213] us a name [08034], lest we be scattered abroad [06327] upon the face [06440] of the whole earth [0776].
5 And the LORD [03068] came down [03381] to see [07200] the city [05892] and the tower [04026], which the children [01121] of men [0120] builded [01129].
6 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Behold, the people [05971] is one [0259], and they have all one [0259] language [08193]; and this they begin [02490] to do [06213]: and now nothing [03808] [03605] will be restrained [01219] from them, which they have imagined [02161] to do [06213].
7 Go to [03051], let us go down [03381], and there confound [01101] their language [08193], that [0834] they may not understand [08085] one [0376] another's [07453] speech [08193].
8 So the LORD [03068] scattered them abroad [06327] from thence [08033] upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776]: and they left off [02308] to build [01129] the city [05892].
9 Therefore is the name of it [08034] called [07121] Babel [0894]; because the LORD [03068] did there confound [01101] the language [08193] of all the earth [0776]: and from thence did [06327] the LORD [03068] scatter them abroad [06327] upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776].
22 Wondrous works [06381] in the land [0776] of Ham [02526], and terrible things [03372] by the Red [05488] sea [03220].
27 They shewed [07760] his signs [0226] [01697] among them, and wonders [04159] in the land [0776] of Ham [02526].
23 Israel [03478] also came [0935] into Egypt [04714]; and Jacob [03290] sojourned [01481] in the land [0776] of Ham [02526].
51 And smote [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in Egypt [04714]; the chief [07225] of their strength [0202] in the tabernacles [0168] of Ham [02526]:
26 And [5037] hath made [4160] of [1537] one [1520] blood [129] all [3956] nations [1484] of men [444] for to dwell [2730] on [1909] all [3956] the face [4383] of the earth [1093], and hath determined [3724] the times [2540] before appointed [4384], and [2532] the bounds [3734] of their [846] habitation [2733];
9 For the LORD'S [03068] portion [02506] is his people [05971]; Jacob [03290] is the lot [02256] of his inheritance [05159].
8 When the most High [05945] divided [05157] to the nations [01471] their inheritance [05157], when he separated [06504] the sons [01121] of Adam [0120], he set [05324] the bounds [01367] of the people [05971] according to the number [04557] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].