9
For the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Lot. Hebrew lit. “the cord,” in allusion to the ancient method of dividing lands with a cord. Herodotus (ii. 6,) observes, that the length of one, in the Upper Egypt, was 60 stadia, or 7700 paces, while it was only half as much in the Lower Egypt.
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