| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...Turn. Paris 1552. We have a plain allusion to this distribution (Deut. ch. xxxii. ver. 7.). " When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set tbe bounds of the people, according to tin1 number of the children of Israel ; for the Lord's portion... | |
| Classical philology - 1823 - 418 pages
...preservation of the literal sense of the original. Again, in Deut. xxxii. 8. we have these words : He set the bounds of the people, according to the number of the children of Israel. Instead of this, the LXX give the passage thus: " He appointed the bounds of the... | |
| Thom Scott - Theology - 1824 - 758 pages
...(which were 70 in number,) so many na,i ,tions there were to be in the whole world, and no more. " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel." Dent. Kxxii. 8. 2. " In the fifteenth day of the seventh month," i. e, Tishri,... | |
| William Hone - 1824 - 358 pages
...us 5 to partake of his election. 7 For so it is written, 6 When the i\lost High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he- set the bounds of the nations, ac1 Coveiedi 2 .linemen is ' 3 Psalm xxxix. 7 4 Mind. 5 A purl. 6DeiU. sxxii.8,9. 150 How... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...of many generations ; ask thy father and he will shew thee, thy elders and they will tell thee. When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...bounds of the people, according to the number of the children of Isreal."f Canaan and his posterity were directed to take possession of Palestine, rather... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pages
...appointment. This is intimated in several places of scripture. We read Deuteronomy xxxii. 8, 9, " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." This... | |
| David Jennings - Bible - 1825 - 660 pages
...planted in the \\ odd, fa notion which they ground on the following passage in Deuteronomy : "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel;" chap, xxxii. 8. That is, say they, he divided them into seventy nations, seventy... | |
| William Bruce - 1826 - 464 pages
...That beautiful passage in Deuteronomy, is also understood to relate to the Angel of the Lord : "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance...bounds of the people according to the number of the Children of Israel t for the Lord's portion is his people : Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He... | |
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 600 pages
...interest. But instead of instances, take two or three testimonies that occur: Deut. xxxii. 8. 'When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel:' from the beginning God hath so ordered all the nations of the world, that they... | |
| William Bruce - 1826 - 466 pages
...That beautiful passage in Deuteronomy, is also understood to relate to the Angel of the Lord: "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance;...bounds. of the people according to the number of the Children of Israel: for the Lord's portion is his people : Jacob is the lot. of his inheritance. He... | |
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