What does it mean that the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance?
The Most High, God Himself, apportioned inheritances to all the nations of the world, determining their borders, population, and blessings. When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of all peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Les explains Deuteronomy 32:8 is written by Moses, but the speaker is God Himself, the sovereign, almighty God. The phrase “when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance” refers to all the nations of the world. God designated where their borders would be, how large their population would be, and how they would be blessed in one way or another. When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people—all these nations—according to the number of the children of Israel. Les says this is amazing, and although some may accuse him of making too much of the nation of Israel, he insists you cannot make too much of it.
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
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Which nations are meant when Deuteronomy 32:8 says God divided to the nations their inheritance?
The 'nations' to whom the Most High divided their inheritance, and the 'people' whose bounds He set, means all the nations of the world.