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# gave the nations their inheritance
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This is an idiom. "put the nations in the places where they would live." Similar words, "giving to you as an inheritance," appear in [Deuteronomy 4:21](../04/21.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# he set the boundaries of the peoples, as he also fixed the number of their gods
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God assigned each people group, together with its gods, to its own territory. In this way, he limited the influence of a people group's idols.
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