Deuteronomy 32:8
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.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 2:5 shows God giving Mount Seir to Esau as a possession, a concrete example of divine allocation of lands to nations.
Genesis 10:25 records Peleg's name meaning 'division,' directly tying to the dividing of nations mentioned here.
Genesis 11:9 describes God dispersing the nations at Babel, an explicit example of the division of peoples here.
Daniel 4:17 reinforces that the Most High sovereignly appoints rulers over nations, paralleling the divine division of peoples here.
Daniel 5:18 shows the Most High giving kingship to Nebuchadnezzar, illustrating the same divine distribution of authority over nations.
Acts 17:26 directly echoes that God determined boundaries of nations, closely paralleling the division of peoples here.
Genesis 11:8 records God scattering the peoples at Babel, the historical event reflected in this poetic summary of dividing the nations.
Numbers 23:9 describes Israel dwelling alone, not counted among nations, echoing the distinction between Israel's portion and the nations' allotment.
1 Chronicles 16:18 quotes the covenant promise of Canaan as an inheritance, paralleling the concept of God assigning inheritances to peoples.
Psalm 74:17 explicitly says God fixed all the earth's boundaries, directly paralleling the fixed borders of peoples in Deuteronomy 32:8.
Jeremiah 27:5 says God gives land to whomever He wills, directly reinforcing the divine assignment of inheritance in Deuteronomy 32:8.
Genesis 17:8 promises Canaan as an everlasting inheritance to Abraham's offspring, contrasting with the general allotment to nations in Deuteronomy 32:8.
Genesis 10:19 describes Canaanite territory boundaries, illustrating the kind of national boundaries set by God here.
Genesis 48:4 repeats the covenant promise of land and numerous descendants to Jacob, echoing the inheritance theme but specific to Israel.
Ezekiel 20:6 recounts God giving Israel a glorious land, a specific instance of the general principle of dividing nations in Deuteronomy 32:8.