...the lot of His inheritance.' " * And having said this, I added : " The Seventy have translated it, ' He set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God.' But because my argument is again in nowise weakened by this, I have adopted your exposition....

...thee ; thine elders, and they will tell thee ; when the Most High divided the nations, as He dispersed who have been called by God through the despised and shameful myst numbers of the children of Israel ; and the Lord's portion became His people Jacob, and Israel was...

...is written, 11 When the Most High dmded the nations, when He scattered ® the sons of Adam, He fixed the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. His people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, and Israel the lot of His inheritance. n And...

...and the seventy nations took its rise. Moses hath it thus ; " When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people vK^to') ""33 "1£D?Dy according to the number of the children of Israel." But they render it...

...is not preserved here), presupposes Deut. 32:8 in the version attested through the LXX and 4QDeutJ, 'he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the sons of God'.39 The hegoumenos is therefore a celestial ruler, like the 'princes' of Israel, Persia...

...mortality. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy fathers . . . when The Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He [God] separated the sons of Adam. He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the Children...

...years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. "For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob...