1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Deuteronomy 32:9 | But the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance. | Lot. Hebrew literally, "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. |