For the Lord's portion [is] his people, Jacob [is] the lot
of
his inheritance.
] This is the reason why the Lord so early provided a portion or
inheritance for the children of Israel in the land of Canaan;
because they were his part, his portion, his inheritance, which
he chose by lot for himself, or allotted to himself; whom he
chose to be his special and peculiar people; for though all the
world is his, he only reserved a part for himself, which he
separated from all the rest, and considers as his portion and
inheritance, see ( Psalms 33:12
) ; thus the spiritual Israel of God, as they are his people,
whom he has chosen, taken into covenant, given to Christ, and are
redeemed and saved by him; they are his part or portion,
separated by distinguishing grace from the rest of the world; and
are the inheritance of Christ, who is appointed heir of all
things, and is an unalienable inheritance; and is obtained by
lot, or rather is measured out by a rod or line; by the line of
electing grace, by which the church and people of God are
circumscribed, marked out, and distinguished from others; and by
the line and rule of the sacred Scriptures, which are the measure
and standard of faith and practice, of worship and discipline to
them.