...nations then planted in the world; a notion which they ground on the following passage in Deuteronomy, " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...according to the number of the children of Israel," Deut. xxxii. 8. That is, say they, he divided them into seventy nations, seventy being the number of...

...the* planted in the world J, a notion, which they gnnmd on the following passage ia Deuteronomy : " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the n amber of the children of Israel," Deal vxxii. 8. That is, say they, he divided them into seventy...

...236. 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...

...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 nations, according...

...each of these seventy persons represented one nation ; and so we are informed by the word of God. " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...according to the number of the children of Israel." Deut. xxxii. 8. Here we may learn that the * lot of God was in number as much as that of all the seventy...

...this arrangement the inspired prophet certainly refers in these words, " Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations ; ask thy father...people, according to the number of the children of Isreal."f Canaan and his posterity were directed to take possession of Palestine, rather than any other...

...nations then 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,...according to the number of the children of Israel;" chap, xxxii. 8. That is, say they, he divided them into seventy nations, seventy being the number of...

...preserved antiquities. He died June 10, 1735, aged 55 years. Deut. MXU, 7. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations ; ask thy father,....will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee. Job. viii. 8, 9, 10. Enquire, I pray thee, &c. It was repaired by Dr. Rawlinson in 1754 ; but it is...

...proper 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,...according to the number of the children of Israel:' from the beginning God hath so ordered all the nations of the world, that they may bear a proportion...

...blessed." 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...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 found him in a desert...