Deuteronomy 32:9

32:9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people,

Jacob is his special possession. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 33:4

33:4 Moses delivered to us a law, ² 

an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

[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’).

[33:4]  ² tn The Hebrew term תּוֹרָה (torah) here should be understood more broadly as instruction.