...father thut hath brought thee ? Hath he not made thee, and established thee ? Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations : ask thy father,...tell thee. When the Most High divided to the nations thpir inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people ac cording to...

...boundaries of Judaea, had been long before made, according to the testimony of the inspired writer, " when the Most High divided to " the nations their inheritance, when he separated " the sons of Adam u." The labourers were hired to till the vineyard, and to prepare it for the production of its fruits...

...2.) The foundation of this opinion is an arbitrary interpretation of a verse in the song of Moses. " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...according to the number of the children of Israel." (Deut. xxxii. 8.) Upon which Rashi thus comments : — 'ззо гмsb рт»e tone1 'зз IDDD тrтe...

...conceptions appear also in the false rendering given in the Septuagint of a passage in Deuteronomy ; f " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he determined the boundaries of the nations according to the number of the children of Israel." Instead...

...of many generations : ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 the second was Zelopuehad : and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a stit the bounds of the people accord .ing to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD'S...

...announced him. The Christian must view with peculiar interest God's care of his church in all ages. " When the most high divided to the nations their inheritance,...according to the number of the children of Israel." He set up the patriarchs as lights shining in dark places, and made them blessings to the earth. He...

...generations : Ask thy father — and he will show thee ; Thy elders — and they will tell thee. 8 a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. l Heb. Binding...urcitU. 10 Heb. riidclh, or, looseth. 3 Or, great. 7 O 9 For the LORD'S portion it his people ; Jacob is the 4 lot of his inheritance. 10 lie found him in...

...quotes in proof two very striking passages, the one in Deut. xxxii, 7-9, " Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations ; ask thy father,...and they will tell thee; when the Most High divided the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people...

...xxxii. 8)—" When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the eons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel." (Dan.ii.21)— " He changeth the times and the seasons : He removeth kings, and setteth up kings."...

...lot of their inheritance. " Consider the years of many generation? : ask thy father, and he will show thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee, — When...according to the number of the children of Israel." Many learned men are of opinion that some of the families of Noah dispersed in an orderly manner to...