Deuteronomy 32:9

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For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Jer 51:19 : 19 The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Samuel Anoints Saul Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head. Samuel kissed him and said,“The LORD has chosen you to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the LORD’s people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the LORD has chosen you as leader over his inheritance.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • Exod 15:16 : 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
  • Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments. 19 Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.
  • 1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.
  • 1 Kgs 8:53 : 53 After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
  • Ps 78:71 : 71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
  • Isa 43:21 : 21 the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
  • Mic 2:5 : 5 Therefore no one will assign you land in the LORD’s community.
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

    17Jeremiah Laments for and Prays for the Soon-to-be-Judged People Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.

  • Jer 51:19
    82%

    19The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Deut 32:8
    82%

    8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.

  • Ps 135:4
    80%

    4Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

  • Isa 34:17
    79%

    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Ps 16:5
    77%

    5LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

  • Ps 33:12
    77%

    12How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

  • Deut 10:9
    75%

    9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

  • Ezek 48:29
    75%

    29This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ps 135:12
    75%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.

  • Deut 18:2
    74%

    2They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

  • Ps 78:55
    74%

    55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

  • Deut 33:4
    74%

    4Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

  • Ps 105:11
    74%

    11saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    73%

    53After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    73%

    18saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • Ps 47:4
    73%

    4He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves.(Selah)

  • Deut 4:20
    73%

    20You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

  • Ezek 44:28
    73%

    28“‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

  • Deut 32:10
    73%

    10The LORD found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

  • Num 18:20
    73%

    20Duties of the Levites The LORD spoke to Aaron,“You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them– I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    73%

    13O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

  • Num 34:29
    73%

    29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • Isa 65:9
    73%

    9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there.

  • Jer 31:7
    72%

    7Moreover, the LORD says,“Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say,‘LORD, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’

  • 1 Kgs 8:51
    72%

    51After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.

  • Num 33:54
    72%

    54You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

  • Num 32:19
    72%

    19For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

  • Deut 9:29
    72%

    29They are your people, your valued property, whom you brought out with great strength and power.

  • Josh 13:33
    72%

    33However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the LORD God of Israel, as he instructed them.

  • Deut 10:15
    72%

    15However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.

  • Zech 2:12
    72%

    12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

  • Num 26:56
    71%

    56Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

  • Ezek 47:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the resident foreigners who live among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23In whatever tribe the resident foreigner lives, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Isa 14:1
    71%

    1The LORD will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

  • Ps 105:44
    71%

    44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

  • Deut 14:2
    71%

    2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Ezek 47:13
    71%

    13Boundaries for the Land This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel.(Joseph will have two portions.)

  • Josh 14:2
    71%

    2The land assignments to the nine and a half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

  • Num 34:13
    71%

    13Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

  • Ps 78:71
    71%

    71He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
    71%

    22You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • Ps 105:6
    71%

    6O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

  • Josh 23:4
    71%

    4See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated.

  • Num 34:2
    70%

    2“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them:‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,