Charles Spurgeon Commentary Deuteronomy 32:7-8

"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel." — Deuteronomy 32:7-8 (ASV)

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. 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.

His first thought was concerning his own people. He provided Canaan for them; it was just the very land for them, with space enough, and yet with not too much room, so that they might cultivate it all and prove it to be a land flowing with milk and honey.

Yet these special thoughts of God, with regard to his own chosen people, did not exclude kind thoughts towards the rest of mankind, for he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people, that is, the people belonging to other nations; but, still, his deepest and his highest thoughts were concerning the children of Israel.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. 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.

God's first point in the government of the world was his own people. Everything else was mapped out after he had set apart a place for them—a place sufficient, large, fruitful, and in an admirable position, so that there they might multiply and enjoy all the good things which he so freely gave them; and to this day dynasties rise and fall, kings reign or are scattered by defeat, only with this one point in God's eye, and purpose in his mind—the upholding of the Church in the world—the spread of his glorious truth.