Professor Emanuel Tov, the Magnes Professor of Bible (emeritus) in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University, where he received his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies points out that the Haʾazinu poem towards the end of Deuteronomy (Deut 32:1–43), also known as Song of Moses, contains a passage (Deut 32:8) which describes the early days of the world, when the God Elyon, “Most High,” fixed (or: divided up) the boundaries of all peoples of the world in accordance with the number of the sons of Israel: Deut 32:8 “When the Most High apportioned the nations, when he divided up humankind, he fixed all the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.”

According to the Masoretic Text version, the Most High One divides all the peoples of the world specifically into the number of the sons of Israel, a reference to the 70 descendants of Jacob that came to Egypt according to Deuteronomy 10:22 (as well as Genesis........

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