Text -- Deuteronomy 32:9 (NET)

32:9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 32:9

¹ tc Heb “the portion of his inheritance.” The LXX and Smr add “Israel” and BHS suggests the reconstruction: “The Lord’s allotment is Jacob, the portion of his inheritance is Israel” (cf. NAB). While providing good parallelism, it destroys a fine chiastic structure: “allotment” (a), “his people” (b), “Jacob (b’), and “inheritance” (a’).