Babylonian pantheon and older cultures.....
Deuteronomy 32:8–9; "When the Most High (Elyon) apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods; the Lord's (Yahweh) portion was his people..."
What translation is that?
NIV:
8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a]
9 For the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance
Footnotes
a. Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
KJV:
8 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.
9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
NIRV:
8 The Most High God gave the nations their lands.
He divided up the human race.
He set up borders for the nations.
He did it
based on the number of the angels in his heavenly court.
9 The Lord’s people are his share.
Jacob is the nation he has received.