17 He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”

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17 He allots their portions;(A)
    his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
    and dwell there from generation to generation.(B)

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10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
(A)Its smoke shall ascend forever.
(B)From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.

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10 It will not be quenched(A) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.(B)
From generation to generation(C) it will lie desolate;(D)
    no one will ever pass through it again.

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26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (A)the boundaries of their dwellings,

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  1. Acts 17:26 NU omits blood

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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25 (A)This is your lot,
The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in (B)falsehood.

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25 This is your lot,
    the portion(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.(C)

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14 Then behold, at eventide, trouble!
And before the morning, he is no more.
This is the portion of those who plunder us,
And the lot of those who rob us.

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14 In the evening, sudden(A) terror!(B)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(C)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

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20 (A)It will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
21 (B)But wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of [a]owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
(C)Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”

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  1. Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures

20 She will never be inhabited(A)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(B) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(C) will lie there,
    jackals(D) will fill her houses;
there the owls(E) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats(F) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(G) will inhabit her strongholds,(H)
    jackals(I) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(J)
    and her days will not be prolonged.(K)

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55 (A)He also drove out the nations before them,
(B)Allotted them an inheritance by [a]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

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  1. Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord

55 He drove out nations(A) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(B)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

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Then the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to [a]survey the land, saying, “Go, walk (A)through the land, survey it, and come back to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”

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  1. Joshua 18:8 describe in writing

As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it.(A) Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh(B) in the presence of the Lord.”

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19 And when He had destroyed (A)seven nations in the land of Canaan, (B)He distributed their land to them by allotment.

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19 and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan,(A) giving their land to his people(B) as their inheritance.(C)

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