Deuteronomy 32:8-10

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⁸When 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]
⁹the Lord’s own portion was his people,
    Jacob his allotted share.

¹⁰He sustained^[c] him in a desert land,
in a howling wilderness waste;
he shielded him, cared for him,
guarded him as the apple of his eye.

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Deuteronomy 32:8 Traditional rendering of Heb Elyon
Deuteronomy 32:8 Q Ms Compare Gk Tg: MT the Israelites
Deuteronomy 32:10 Sam Gk Compare Tg: MT found

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