| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 444 pages
...thy elders, and they will tell thee. When " the most High divided to the nations their inhe" ritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he " set the bounds of the people according to the 41 number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's " portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 516 pages
...of God's people, as most suited the design of propagating the gospel among them : Deut. xxxii. 8. " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel." Acts xvii. 26, 27. "And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to... | |
| Samuel Shuckford - History, Ancient - 1808 - 462 pages
...at Babel ; and this notion they think is supported by the express words of Moses in another place.b When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel : ic say they, he divided them into seventy nations, which was the number of... | |
| John Mackenzie (of Huntingdon.) - Reformation - 1809 - 424 pages
...the destiny of every people, according to his own good pleasure. ' When the Most High/ says Moses, ' divided to the nations their inheritance, when he...the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance.'* He... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...elders, and thev will tell thee. 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when be the children of Israel 9 For the LOR D'S portion is his people ; Jhcob in the lot of his inheritance.... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 516 pages
...upon an examination of them. 1. The first is, the text of Deut. xxxii. 8. as rendered by the LXX — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...separated the sons •of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God*. The words which the LXX have most unaccountably... | |
| William Wake - Apostolic Fathers - 1810 - 418 pages
...made us to partake of his election. For so it is written, " when the most high divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations, according to the number of his Angels : his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, and... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 514 pages
...appear to have understood the following passage, in the song of Moses, as alluding to this opinion; — When the. Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...the 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... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 504 pages
...have understood the following passage, in the song of Moses, as alluding to this opinion; — JVhen the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...the 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... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 500 pages
...have understood the following passage, in the song of Moses, as alluding to this opinion; — JVhen the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...Adam, he set the bounds of the people ACCORDING*™ THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. For the Lord's portion is his people : Jacob is the lot of his... | |
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