Deuteronomy 32:9
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
BSB
ASV
For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
KJV
For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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Jeremiah 10:16The 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.
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You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the…
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
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.
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1 Kings 8:53For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
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Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
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1 Kings 8:51For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
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Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
