Deuteronomy 32:9 “But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.”

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

World English Bible

For the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation

For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

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Cross references

“the Lord's”

Jeremiah 10:16 Jeremiah 51:19 Psalm 135:4 Isaiah 43:21 Exodus 15:16 1 Samuel 10:1

Jeremiah 10:16 · BSB

The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah 51:19 · BSB

The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Psalm 135:4 · BSB

For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

Isaiah 43:21 · BSB

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

Exodus 15:16 · BSB

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

1 Samuel 10:1 · BSB

Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

“lot”

Micah 2:5

Micah 2:5 · BSB

Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

Also

1 Kings 8:53 1 Kings 8:51

1 Kings 8:53 · BSB

For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 8:51 · BSB

For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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