Deuteronomy 1:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ See, I have given you this land, so go in and take it for yourselves. The Lord promised it to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants.”

Moses Appoints Leaders

⁹ At that time I said, “I am not able to take care of you by myself. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.