ESV Reformation Study Bible – Deut 32:8
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Deut 32:8

32:8 their inheritance. The meaning here is that God by decree gave the Promised Land to Israel. It was an ancient grant to the patriarchs (v. 7).

according to . . . the sons of God. God is sovereign over all of world history, but world history itself is ordered in the interests of God’s plan of redemption for His chosen people Israel (Gen. 12:3).