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Deuteronomy 32:7 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell "
Deuteronomy 32:7
Verse in Context
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They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell
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.
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 32:1
"Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth."
Deuteronomy 32:2
"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:"
Deuteronomy 32:3
"Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
Deuteronomy 32:4
"He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right"
Deuteronomy 32:5
"They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation."
Deuteronomy 32:6
"Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established"
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