Deuteronomy 4:27
And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
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Study Note
Moses' warning that Israel will be 'left few in number among the nations' anticipates the exile centuries before it occurs, establishing Deuteronomy as a prophetic covenant document whose blessings and curses carry predictive force. The scattering motif (puz/nafats) is a recurring theological symbol in the Hebrew Bible for covenant rupture, standing in antithesis to the gathering (qabats) that characterizes restoration. The warning is realized historically in the Assyrian deportation of the northern kingdom (722 BCE) and the Babylonian exile of Judah (597–586 BCE), events that deuteronomistic historians interpreted through precisely this lens. Diaspora Judaism's subsequent identity formation around Torah observance 'among the nations' can be read as a constructive theological response to this text's reality.
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And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,
And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.
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