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Key Verse
And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes), So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. Acts 17:26-27 AMPC
Examples of Allotted
1. Food
- Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me Proverbs 30:8 NKJV
2. Land
- the scepter of the wicked will not rest1 upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice. Psalm 125:5 BSB
Other versions
- The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice. Psalm 125:5 HCSB
3. Life
- Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. Psalm 139:16 NASB
Footnotes
- 5117 נוּח [nûach] \noo'-akh\
A primitive root; to {rest} that {is} settle down; used in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} {intransitively} transitively and causatively (to {dwell} stay6 let {fall} place6 let {alone} withdraw6 give {comfort} etc.): - {cease} be {confederate} {lay} let {down} (be) {quiet} {remain} (cause {to} be {at} {give} {have} make to) {rest} set down. Compare 3241.