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gave the nations their inheritance
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. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
he set the boundaries of the peoples, as he also fixed the number of their gods
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.