“When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.”
When the Most High apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods of Israel — God's cosmic ordering apportioned nations ('b'halnot elyon la-goyim'); the boundaries reflect the covenant. 'Number of the gods of Israel' likely refers to the 'elohim' (divine council) or possibly to 'sons of Israel' (variant reading).
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