Deuteronomy 32:7-10

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⁷ 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)
8 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)
9 the Lord’s own portion was his people,
    Jacob his allotted share.^(C)