Deuteronomy 1:6-11

English Standard Version

⁶ “The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, ^(A)‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. ⁷ Turn and take your journey, and go to ^(B)the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in ^(C)the Arabah, ^(D)in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and ^(E)by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. ⁸ See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, ^(F)to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’

Leaders Appointed

⁹ “At that time ^(G)I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, ^(H)you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven. ^11 (I)May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, ^(J)as he has promised you!