8 When the Most High gave the nations an inheritance,*+

When he parted the sons of Adam* from one another,+

He proceeded to fix the boundary of the peoples+

With regard for the number of the sons of Israel.+

7 And now apportion this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half tribe of Ma·nas′seh.”+

21 And who gave their land as an inheritance:+

For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+