Isaiah 34:17
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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.”
Isaiah 34:10
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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.
Acts 17:26
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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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- Acts 17:26 NU omits blood
Jeremiah 13:25
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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.
Isaiah 17:14
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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.
Isaiah 13:20-22
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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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- Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
Psalm 78:55
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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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- Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord
Joshua 18:8
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8 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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- Joshua 18:8 describe in writing
Acts 13:19
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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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